Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Scrubbing Gunk for God?

This morning, I was asked if i could cover one of my coworkers, and work the 3-10pm shift. So i went in today with my new-improved attitude, and i have to say, i was surprised how much better my day was. :)  
No more than an hour into my shift, this lady comes through the drive thru. She wanted a pepsi, but one of the girls i was working wtih made her a root beer. When another girl i work with found out that someone made the customer the wrong drink, she came over to me and asked me what i was thinking and told me not to do it again. I just apologized and said it wouldn't happen again, even though it wansn't my fault. The customer must've seen this all go down because when i handed her her pepsi, she said to me,
"Now honey, dont take this the wrong way, but you are beautiful!"
i said, "Me?! i'm just..Claire! Not much beautiful about that!"
I'll never forget what she said back,

"Hun, you're radiating God's Love, and that's beautiful to me."

Woah...I had to stop for a second and let that sink in.
I had a hard time keeping back a few tears when i told her that that was the nicest thing anyone had ever said to me. How could i NOT have an amazing day after that compliment?? haha Later on, Jonathan and Devanne stopped by for some milkshakes, so they were my familiar faces for the day :)  Then this lady pulled in the drive thru and i notice her liscense plate says "Weeskii" so i asked her if she water skiis or snow skiis, and she said mostly water skiing. I told her my cousin, Kyle Cummings, is a REALLY good water skiier, and she knew who he was! she said she saw him race a long time ago, and LOVED that his team name was "Team Jesus". :)  I was so determined to leave work better and cleaner than when i arrived. So i took an old tooth-brush, cut it in half, and took it to work. I scrubbed gunk off the ice cream machine, scrubbed the base-boards, the door knobs, and in the corner where two walls meet. I cleaned all day when no body was looking and hid it in my back pocket when i was doing other stuff. Tonight i'm going to brainstorm some more and see what else i can do to be the best. :)  

All in all? today was amazing. Lesson learned: Beauty doesn't come from you or others. It comes from having God in your heart. And that kind of beauty doesn't wrinkle or decline..it grows and intensifies.

~~~~Hebrews 1:2,3 
And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. 

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