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God on eBay?, by Lisa Mikitarian
Of course, God is everywhere. I shouldn't feel wonder finding Him
there. In fact, everywhere I go, I should seek Him.
On this day, what I was seeking, though, was shoes. With the high gas
prices added to living far from civilization -- 30 miles to the nearest
shopping -- I've learned to buy on-line. Of course it's not as if
someone had to twist my arm. The world has become an oyster at my
fingertips -- Bah-ha-ha-ha! Sorry, I don't know where that came from.
Anyway, when it was time to buy new Size 10, Ladies, New Balance
Running Shoes -- all-terrain, preferably -- I went to eBay, where I
knew I would spend less. I found them, bid on them, and won them. Woo
hoo.
About a week later, on that particularly clear spring morning, the UPS
man delivered my package. I opened it and was surprised to see, along
side my shoes, a small item wrapped in pastel pink tissue paper with
fuchsia ribbon. I unwrapped it to find a tube of perfume-scented hand
lotion, which I promptly applied. I would thank the sender later.
I went through the rest of the morning with a cheerful spirit, thinking
about my mom who had died many years ago. She stayed at my side into
the afternoon of that beautiful day before it dawned on me why I was
thinking of her. She used to send me small wrapped surprises in the
mail.
As soon as I made the connection, I went to the computer and logged
onto eBay and found the sender's address and wrote her a note to thank
her for the kindness of that small gift which had brought me such joy.
Minutes later "Kira" replied that she too had lost her mother and that
her mother also used to send her small gifts by mail. She added that my
writing to thank her had really blessed her day. Blessed? Added to the
tone of the email and the gesture of the gift—could it be?
Touches that might lead the way to Him.
A couple more emails back and forth and we ascertained, indeed, we were
sisters in the family of Christ -- sisters who had blessed one
another's day. Kira wrote she sends a small gift with everything she
sells as a way of saying thank you and periodically she receives a
response and of those responses, sometimes she meets a member of her
Christian family.
What a beautiful testimony. It made me wonder if I send out "calling
cards" in my interactions with strangers, signs that those who "know
the secret handshake" would pick up on. Taking it further, do I send
out "touches of God" others could feel whether they personally knew
their Savior or not? Touches that might lead the way to Him?
God on eBay?
Of course, God is everywhere. I shouldn't feel wonder finding Him
anywhere. Everywhere I go, I should seek Him and every place I visit, I
should reveal Him through loving words and kind gestures.
Let your conversation be gracious and effective so that you will
have the right answer for everyone (Colossians 4:6 NLT).
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(c) 2008 Lisa Mikitarian <miks@shentel.net>
RELATED LINKS:
* Seasoned with Salt
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200705/20070520_seasonedsalt.html
* Not Fair!
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200612/20061217_notfair.html
* They're Watching You!
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200610/20061021_watchingyou.html
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