Food For Thought: God’s Little Reminders

God remembers us even when we forget about Him.  He is prevalent in our daily activities and will take the appropriate steps to remind us of our greater purpose in life: serving Him, not ourselves.  Next time we find ourselves acting outside the norm or taking things to heart, we should think and ask: have we forgotten who we live for? 

I’ve been receiving all kinds of messages from different places about God at work. Talking about religion at the workplace can be an odd topic at work due to all the politics involved and although I’m conscious of these things, God has continuously given me the strength to speak out about my faith. He’s truly blessed me at this place and I’m here to do His will.

In the last few days, I forgot about why God put me here and He was quick to remind me.

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Yesterday was just another day at work, but towards the end of the day, my supervisor communicated something that offended me. I had turned one of my projects in and his response was, “This is not your best work. You could’ve spent a little bit more time before sending it to me.” I don’t know why that pierced me, but it did and instead of my taking his comments as constructive criticism, I broke down crying.

I came home, made myself some dinner with a glass of wine and was really thinking about what had happened earlier that day. What was the root of my crying? Why was my work not up to my usual standard? That’s when it hit me. I was doing it for me, not for God. I started laughing when I realized this.

When I walked into work this morning, I was rejuvenated with God at the forefront of my mind and the Holy Spirit quenched me of a thirst I didn’t even know I had. What I can say is this: I am thankful for His grace and for Him choosing me to be an instrument of His grace.