The Gift of Experience: Hope Prevails

Love Thine Enemy~Obedience

I saw a teaching recently on obedience. It was a biblical teaching (and I may refer God and The Bible and these teachings often, so...sorry if that scares you, but that is who I am.) I am learning to come up higher, to be a better person, to love those who don't love me.

The nurse at my doc's office (her name is Candace) does not like me for some reason or another. I am always pleasant when I go, so I don't know what it is about me she does not like. Whatever the case, she gets at least one of my prescriptions wrong on every visit, on purpose I believe. I started getting really frustrated, all the while the pharmacy peeps were tired of me calling and coming by to see if she called in the right meds.

One day this month, as I sat in the pharmacy parking lot (again), I heard God's voice say to me: "You asked me this morning who you could bless today. Bless Candace." Um, what? NOOOOOO! I literally shook my head at God. "That is not what I had in mind when I asked, God," I said aloud. I started out of the parking lot and then stopped and thought about it for a minute. Here I am trying to grow up in God, and when He tries to bring me up higher, I tell Him "no"? Well, that won't do at all.

There was a Publix across the street, which is a popular grocery store chain in the south, so I drove over and went inside to the flower department. I chose a small arrangement in a bowl for her. It was nothing spectacular, but I felt like I was doing what He told me to do. I did fill out a card, though in hindsight, I think I should not have signed my name to it. I wrote: Candace, God Bless You. And signed it with my full name. I checked out and drove the arrangement down to the city where their office lies. I left it at the front desk. My next appointment is this Friday.