Salad Maker.......

I work at an italian restaurant in my hometown of Decatur called "Pastabilities". Most of the time I'm in the back (kitchen) on salads and cold prep. (and occasionally the dishroom helping out- I get bored if I'm not busy) So one of the guys who works there the other night was like "why are you always so cheerful? Don't you ever get mad?" which quite honestly, I'm not always cheerful, and.... I do get mad. But the amazing thing is for someone to notice a difference in you. Then when you tell them why (my reasoning being I know God loves me, so that makes it easier for me to love others and the situations I'm put in, and also that I'm so much better off-even on my worse days than so many other people) it's not just words you're saying to them, it's words you are living- and they are so much more likely to see that it's true, than if you were to just say words to them. I just love the fact that it doesn't so much matter what place in life you are, in every single thing you do- even if it seems utterly insignificant- you have the opportunity to do something for Christ. You have the chance to love people because you know he loves you. And every time something like that happens- wow, what can you say? It's just so amazing what God does in us. I love my job. It's not always the greatest- and usually involves working quite hard, and not doing the greatest jobs- but I am the only christian there (despite many very nice people) that I know of- and what a chance it is to show love to other people, just by smiling, saying something nice if they're having a bad day, helping out and working hard in their area, saying it's okay if someone else wants to go home early even if I just got asked if I wanted to(and I did) . I'm not saying I always do all these things, but sometimes, and I try to as often as I can. What an opportunity. I am not just a salad maker.


I'm still reading in Jeremiah, and so often I am amazed. You have God's people- who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to do anything and everything to provoke God's anger. Then you have God. He takes forever to get mad at them. Then when he finally does, He tells them what's going to happen, actually he even gives them the chance to repent. But you know what gets me? He tells them, through all this- that through what happens he will reconcile them to himself. He will restore them to where they should be. So you have this people, who deserved to have been punished for their sins long before they were, and a God willing to do anything to bring them back to him. He tells Jeremiah all this doom and gloom to pronounce to the people but doesn't stop there. No, he tells them he will bring them back, that through this he will restore his people. His people who don't deserve to be treated anywhere near that well. He still loves them through everything. His heart breaks over them. He hasn't changed. His heart still breaks over us today. He still loves us unconditionally, shows us mercy beyond what we can comprehend. He was willing to do eaverything to reconcile us to Him. We owe him everything we are.