Share from your week; where have you seen God at work?:
Sharing for March 21st:
Kari – There was a couple of spots where I was in line this past week; both times the other person let me go first. I thought that was so nice, because I’m usually not the person who will cede my spot in line. That was a good lesson for me to give grace to others; the two women who did that were a great example of that. So, I was just very thankful for them and for their patience.
Jakki – Mine is similar to Kari’s. I like to shop at Safeway, because I probably know everybody in there; I stop and talk to everybody. But, it’s just a blessing, you know these people they don’t complain, they just do their job and they’re so pleasant; I just see God all the time in their store. And how people when you just smile & say hello they reciprocate. I go in the store and they ask – Can I help you? Can I help you? Never before in any other Safeway, and other stores; when I go to Fred Meyers I have to hunt for somebody. But, with this Safeway I get service right from the door. It’s just a blessing and I see God at work all the time in people; gives me an opportunity sometimes to share my belief with them and that’s been a blessing. You know, you talk to a person and just say hello; the next thing you know you have a long conversation and they’re telling you about their life. Brad is always asking me - why do people tell me about their lives, how do you get that information? I tell him – I don’t know, I just say hello! It’s just a blessing and I see God at work all the time in Safeway. People say there are not good people, but I believe there are a lot of good people; if you just pay attention to the media they make everybody look bad. But, to say everybody is ruthless and all that, that’s saying that God is not good and God is good! He created good. Stop listening to the media; that’s all I have to say.
Paige – I’m jumping off of Jakki’s a little bit. I haven’t been able to see all your amazing faces, because I’ve been working weekends in the Hillsboro Costco. I don’t enjoy driving out there every Sunday morning, but it’s really nice to have some familiar faces that I get to see and talk to. Jakki, I totally get it, there’s one of the staffers that’s there because he works Sunday mornings and he works really close to where our flower cooler is. I started up a conversation with him, probably a month and a half ago, and even during the ice storm and everything. One of the things he shared with me was that he had lost a daughter, a very young daughter. She would be right in between Gwennie & Liam’s ages. He wanted to show me the picture of her gravestone; that he was able to make it up to the Sunset cemetery during the snow and ice. He says – Look, her stone is completely clean and there’s no ice on it, no snow on it and everything else was completely covered and you couldn’t see it. It’s just that it is that little piece of connection. Honestly, I’m always amazed that people thank me for being there, because I don’t see this as an essential thing, but apparently our company does. I really appreciate you guys for not getting too close and for being here. So, it’s been interesting the kinds of reactions. People can still tell if you’re smiling at them because your eyes do a whole lot more… You can also tell the people who haven’t been out much and just need some kind of connection with people. So, just being able to do that has been a blessing for me.
Gavin – Happy Birthday Bonnie, that’s really great! I was fortunate to get my first Covid shot out at the airport on Friday. There was a lot of time sitting in line; one of the thoughts I had was how they moved all the people out of Egypt to the desert. I estimate there was probably 5 – 10,000 people out in cars there. What a massive organized operation and it ran so efficiently. I don’t think without God those people could have gotten out of Egypt and organized across the desert; I had a lot of time to think about this in the line. But, just a massive operation. So, yeah!
Bonnie – I’m sitting here at the beach watching God’s beautiful ocean. The waves are amazing this morning. You can’t be at the beach and not know there is a powerful God that’s created such a beautiful thing!