Are You Bursting at the Post Office?
Do you like going to the post office? I haven't been in over a year. I needed to get something in the mail quickly last week, so I took a deep breath and decided to give it a chance.
Sometimes the greatest things happen where and when we least expect it!
While waiting in line for over an hour, I began visiting with the lady in front of me. She was mailing packages to her daughter in Korea who is teaching English to elementary students. Her story was amazing and my mind shifted to the many opportunities in life that pass us by. I never thought of working over seas when I was in college. I wonder how we get so trapped in our own little pond and miss the vast sea of life and experience that is just a little ways downstream. We can't see the ocean because we are just a little trickle in the forest trying to make it's way to the sea.
When my new friend headed for the counter to mail her packages, the lady behind me began to chit-chat. After a few minutes of great conversation, I discovered that she was an AUTHOR who has published 5 books, some of which have received awards!
Here I was in the post-office at 8am in the morning in my running shorts, had not brushed my hair or teeth for that matter, and was probably a little stanky, but, God placed me in this moment in time to show me how he uses ordinary women to do amazing things all over his world. He uses moms to love and support their daughters overseas with packages of goodies and needs. He uses daughters to travel to faraway countries to teach little girls who are desperately needy. He uses ordinary wives to write books that influence all the other thousands of women in the world.
What about you? What has God created you to do? You'll know you are doing exactly what he wants you to do because you will burst at the seams to tell the person in line behind you at the post office what he is doing in your life. It might be staying home and caring for your family of 4 or traveling the world impacting 4 million. Whatever God has called you to do and where ever he has placed you, do it with all your heart. Embrace it! Enjoy it! Love it so much that you can't wait to tell someone else!
Sometimes the greatest things happen where and when we least expect it!
While waiting in line for over an hour, I began visiting with the lady in front of me. She was mailing packages to her daughter in Korea who is teaching English to elementary students. Her story was amazing and my mind shifted to the many opportunities in life that pass us by. I never thought of working over seas when I was in college. I wonder how we get so trapped in our own little pond and miss the vast sea of life and experience that is just a little ways downstream. We can't see the ocean because we are just a little trickle in the forest trying to make it's way to the sea.
When my new friend headed for the counter to mail her packages, the lady behind me began to chit-chat. After a few minutes of great conversation, I discovered that she was an AUTHOR who has published 5 books, some of which have received awards!
Here I was in the post-office at 8am in the morning in my running shorts, had not brushed my hair or teeth for that matter, and was probably a little stanky, but, God placed me in this moment in time to show me how he uses ordinary women to do amazing things all over his world. He uses moms to love and support their daughters overseas with packages of goodies and needs. He uses daughters to travel to faraway countries to teach little girls who are desperately needy. He uses ordinary wives to write books that influence all the other thousands of women in the world.
What about you? What has God created you to do? You'll know you are doing exactly what he wants you to do because you will burst at the seams to tell the person in line behind you at the post office what he is doing in your life. It might be staying home and caring for your family of 4 or traveling the world impacting 4 million. Whatever God has called you to do and where ever he has placed you, do it with all your heart. Embrace it! Enjoy it! Love it so much that you can't wait to tell someone else!
"Whatever you do work at it with all your heart as if you are working for the Lord."
posted by Stephanie Chase @ 6:56 AM
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