blessing of the day
(well, every day has lots of blessings. so i guess i should word that, 'out of the ordinary obvious blessing of the day so far.')
last week when i signed up for the class thing that i have this week, i couldn't help but notice that the woman who signed me up was a Christian. i just knew she was. our entire interaction consisted of me asking how i was supposed to sign up, her telling me there was a thing explaining it at 10:30, me asking her at 10:45 about the thing since it happened yet, her apologizing and then giving me a paper to fill out, me returning the paper, and us wishing each other a good day. but i knew.
today she was filling in for the person who was supposed to be teaching the class. afterwards i had a question for her, so i waited for the person in front of me to finish. when he did, the lady turned toward me and said, 'can i give you a hug? i feel like i should give you a hug. is that weird?' i said, 'no, that's fine.' and then she hugged me and wished me a blessed day. i then asked her if she's a Christian. she looked a little like she was caught off guard, then said yes.
"i could tell, just when i came in and filled out that paper last week."
"really? wow. that's amazing. are you a Christian, too?"
"yes."
"you have a beautiful spirit."
"thank you!"
"it's so hard sometimes around here, when i'm teaching, i just want to say, 'praise GOD!' or something like that, but i have to remind myself that i'm at work."
"and, i'm guessing, that when you're dealing with people looking for jobs, you want to tell them to pray about it."
"yes! when they're getting discouraged and ask me what to do, i just want to tell them to pray, but instead i just have to think, 'well, i'll pray for you then.'"
she then had to run, because she had another meeting, but it so made my day, and i'm guessing it made hers, too. :D
last week when i signed up for the class thing that i have this week, i couldn't help but notice that the woman who signed me up was a Christian. i just knew she was. our entire interaction consisted of me asking how i was supposed to sign up, her telling me there was a thing explaining it at 10:30, me asking her at 10:45 about the thing since it happened yet, her apologizing and then giving me a paper to fill out, me returning the paper, and us wishing each other a good day. but i knew.
today she was filling in for the person who was supposed to be teaching the class. afterwards i had a question for her, so i waited for the person in front of me to finish. when he did, the lady turned toward me and said, 'can i give you a hug? i feel like i should give you a hug. is that weird?' i said, 'no, that's fine.' and then she hugged me and wished me a blessed day. i then asked her if she's a Christian. she looked a little like she was caught off guard, then said yes.
"i could tell, just when i came in and filled out that paper last week."
"really? wow. that's amazing. are you a Christian, too?"
"yes."
"you have a beautiful spirit."
"thank you!"
"it's so hard sometimes around here, when i'm teaching, i just want to say, 'praise GOD!' or something like that, but i have to remind myself that i'm at work."
"and, i'm guessing, that when you're dealing with people looking for jobs, you want to tell them to pray about it."
"yes! when they're getting discouraged and ask me what to do, i just want to tell them to pray, but instead i just have to think, 'well, i'll pray for you then.'"
she then had to run, because she had another meeting, but it so made my day, and i'm guessing it made hers, too. :D
posted by melilotnfosco | 2:12 PM
8 Comments:
much better than a support group :)
yes, i'm sure it made her day too!
and it has me thinking, gee, mel sure is good at just knowing when people are christians. and it made me wonder if you could tell when you met me. you probably don't remember. or you probably couldn't tell because i was always the one writing notes in class and jingling my keys to get the professor to let us out of class and... (*sigh*)
that is lovely!
i don't know that it's me being good at just knowing when people are Christians. i'm guessing it's more that they're good at shining JESUS.
and sorry, i can't say that i remember, chelley. i just remember joining you in note writing. :)
i can't help but wonder if she would've noticed anything about me two months ago. like i said, just walking out of the door of my old job the last time, i felt better spiritually. and now i've had more time for Bible reading and prayer and spiritual book reading. i'm feeling so, so much better.
good! it's also nice to be able to see such a clear difference, so you know what's causing it and you know the importance of all that :)
I love meeting fellow sisters in Christ. I think I mentioned once that I prayed and asked God to help me find other Christians and since then I have been pretty attuned to other believers. I think it makes since though--the Holy Spirit dwells within you so it is pretty understandable that you would recognize that "spark" in someone else...
:D HalleluJAH!
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