Personally I feel that we all live unending journeys. We're always headed off on a new path or a new direction. I believe that God directs all of us in our lives even if we take a detour. God will never fail us, for every end he gives us a new begining.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Bread for a Janitor?
Tired from a long day I made my way back to my dorm room. Arms full of two fresh loaves of bread. I walked to my RA's door planning to share a loaf. I knocked but no answer. I made my way down the hall and thought, "Hey I'll give it to one of my friends." I stopped at her room a few doors down. knocked but still no answer. Hmm I thought, I guess I'll just come back later when one of them is back. Exhausted I opened my door and put my schoool bag down and my loaves of fresh bread on the counter. As I walked back to close the door a thought surfaced my mind. A small voice within said, "Share the loaf of bread with the janitor cleaning on your hall." Me suprised by the voice replied, "What? Really? You want me to offer a loaf of bread to a girl scrubbing toilets? Isn't that gross thinking about food when your cleaning a bathroom? Seems unsanitary to me." But persistant the voice continued to convince me that it was what needed to be done. Coming to the realization that this small voice might be God, I agreed. I thought, "What do I have to lose. I mean if she doesn't want it at least I tried and listened to my instinct." I walked into the janitor closet where she gathered her cleaning supplies. With headphones in her ears it made it difficult to gather her attention. Finally she saw me and removed an earbud from her ear. I looked at her and said, "I have this extra loaf of fresh homemade bread and I won't be able to eat it soon enough before it goes bad. I thought you might like to have it." Her eyes full of suprise she looked at me astonished, "Really? I can have it? For me?" I nodded. She continued on, "This is perfect! Exactly what I needed. I was actually just thinking that I needed to go to the store to get bread. But this is great. Thank you so much!" As I walked back into my room I thought to myself, "God you are right. You always are. That was your voice. You always can see the larger picture and know whats best." As weird as giving bread to a janitor cleaning bathrooms seemed to me, God had a purpose for it. I realized that day that sometimes I can't see the purpose but I need to trust the small voice of God and do as He says. Listen and resppond in the way He advices becaues He has a purpose for even the smallest of things.
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