I have recently been introduced to the world of Facebook
classifieds. It is a crazy world where someone posts something that they are
getting rid of and you can comment and then go pick it up on their porch. It is
exciting and a neat way to sell unneeded things too.
So, I decided to try my hand at selling some items recently.
I posted in my closed group on Facebook and ladies started commenting on the
things they wanted. I put a gray storage box on my front porch and put the
items in on the days that they wanted to pick up.
On a bad health day, I was sitting in the living room and
heard a lady on the front porch open the storage box and take her items. I was
struck with a thought. What did that lady hear in those few moments that she
was outside my house? What would she think about me from that moment of insight
into my life? In reality she probably just thinks I like Food Network, as I am
sure that was what I was watching on television. However, it made me start
thinking about the power of a moment.
What can a moment say about us? What impact can a single
moment leave?
If someone looked at one moment of my life, I would hope
that they would see that I love my kids. But let’s face it, the cashier at the
grocery store might say otherwise. She only saw the weary momma who was just
trying to get home with a kiddo that kept asking for every candy at the
checkout. What the heck!?! We don’t even eat candy, but that doesn’t keep my
girl from asking for it. Anyway, Cali, the cashier probably thought I needed to
get a handle on my kid.
And the pharmacist at CVS, I can only guess what she must
think about the sick looking, no makeup, crazy haired gal that I am when I go
in there. She probably seriously wonders about me! I mean I am in there just
about every week picking up a different prescription. Junky? Umm, no, but it
could look that way.
And what about the restaurant owner who sees Jason and I
once a week when we go to Atlanta for treatments. I admit that I look normal
and put together when we enter the restaurant, but what do they think when they
see Jason helping me stand up? I mean I am only 34 and I look healthy. I would
imagine that they wonder why I need help.
My point is a moment is powerful! It can teach people about
us. It can display our passions, joys, loves, beliefs, and goals. It can
uncover our pains, inadequacies, and unlovely parts.
This is my goal, that my moments will be god honoring. That
even if someone only sees a moment in my life, that they will see a glimpse of
Jesus. Not because of me, but because of my good God. Not for my glory, but for
the glory of my God.
“But just as he who
called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy,
because I am holy’.” 1 Peter 1:15-16
