Opportunity to spiritually bond with associates
I was planning on leaving early from work today so I could make it to the young adult group event at my church on time. Right before I was leaving, I went to talk to 2 of my associates, one in age around 50 and one in age of around 60 or so. When I approached them, they thought they were in trouble for talking and not really working. They started to tell me what they were talking about and they were talking about having a relationship with God. One lady, the one in her 60's, who is just adorable, is catholic and she was asking the other lady about what she could do to have a closer relationship with God. I was lead to share with her what I believed would help her.
After I shared with them, they shared some very interesting and supernatural stories of how they experience God working in their lives. Their stories touched me and brought a tear to my eye. The 50 some year old opened up to me and told me about a couple of other situations that she is dealing with. She also told me that she feels led to be a preschool teacher and how is struggling in the area of changing her job because she is scared to teach people and she is scared of change. We had a wonderful conversation and it gave me an opportunity to share with them why I become an assistant manager when I didn't feel qualified and how He is taking care of me and giving me peace and joy when everything around me seems crazy, stressful and chaotic.
If I would have been selfish in the fact that I wanted to leave early, which I didn't get to and I was late, and not followed the leading of the Holy Spirit, I would have missed out of this wonderful opportunity to spiritually bond with others. My flesh the whole time was nudging on me to be selfish and cut the conversation short but I'm glad I didn't. We must be still and be in tune with the leading of the Holy Spirit and be flexible to change our plan or will to do the will of God.
As we endeavor to walk closely with God, unscheduled events will often come into our lives. Yet these unexpected happenings may result in greater blessing than we had ever anticipated. If we learn to be flexible and calmly trust God to lead us in His way, we will not only be drawn closer to Him but will be more aware of "a light to shine upon the road".
After I shared with them, they shared some very interesting and supernatural stories of how they experience God working in their lives. Their stories touched me and brought a tear to my eye. The 50 some year old opened up to me and told me about a couple of other situations that she is dealing with. She also told me that she feels led to be a preschool teacher and how is struggling in the area of changing her job because she is scared to teach people and she is scared of change. We had a wonderful conversation and it gave me an opportunity to share with them why I become an assistant manager when I didn't feel qualified and how He is taking care of me and giving me peace and joy when everything around me seems crazy, stressful and chaotic.
If I would have been selfish in the fact that I wanted to leave early, which I didn't get to and I was late, and not followed the leading of the Holy Spirit, I would have missed out of this wonderful opportunity to spiritually bond with others. My flesh the whole time was nudging on me to be selfish and cut the conversation short but I'm glad I didn't. We must be still and be in tune with the leading of the Holy Spirit and be flexible to change our plan or will to do the will of God.
As we endeavor to walk closely with God, unscheduled events will often come into our lives. Yet these unexpected happenings may result in greater blessing than we had ever anticipated. If we learn to be flexible and calmly trust God to lead us in His way, we will not only be drawn closer to Him but will be more aware of "a light to shine upon the road".
posted by ENS at 11:21 PM
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