Yesterday, as I was mopping a restroom in one of the buildings where I work, one of the men who actually works in that building stopped to talk to me. He is a pastor from the Ukraine and speaks English with a soft, almost musical accent. Whenever we work in his building, he is always asking me how I am doing, and when I will return to school to finish my degree.
As I was mopping the floor, concentrating on the task at hand, I noticed a figure standing by the door in my peripheral vision. I looked up, turned, and smiled when I saw who it was. He returned the smile and said in his soft accent, “Rachel. Little Cinderella for now…but one day you will be a queen.” I gave him big smile and said 'Thank you', and he said, “It’s true” and then turned and walked away.
When he had turned the corner, and I went back to mopping, tears began to well in my eyes. His words were so simple, but spoken in such sincerity that I knew he meant what he said. There, in the middle of my busy work day, I was given a beautiful gift. It was as if God, the Father, had spoken to me himself and said, “My little lamb, I know things are difficult for you now. I know things have not gone as you planned, as you wanted, but, things will not be this way forever. There is a prize at the end of the journey.”
Isn’t it amazing what a few small words can do for you? How they can bring encouragement even when you didn’t realize you needed it.
Every day is special. When we wake in the morning, our day is like a rolled up scroll. We do not know what that scroll says, or what will happen as it unfolds. What we do know is that Jesus is there to walk with us, and that somewhere in hum drum, in the routine, is a gift that He has placed in our path. A gift that will encourage us, remind us of His love for us, and give us the strength to keep moving forward in this crazy thing called life.
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