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Wellness CHECK

Wellness Check...You never know...

◄ Mark 16:12 ►

After that he appeared in another form to two of them, as they walked, and went into the country

So I don't know if I ever told you about the time I met God.  Listen you can think what you want it really isn't even up for debate.  I knew who He was after he left, He knew who I was before my time had even began.

I met God at the mall.  Ok let me explain he didn't page (this happened before cell phones - I had a cool blue pager - you could page me then I had to find a pay phone) me and say meet me on the second floor I've got to talk to you.

It was very simple.  I was wearing a cross a cute wooden one that I loved.  I was strolling past some stores care free (I was a teenager with no kids and no bills, you tend to float at this time in your life).  This old white man walked straight up to me, pointed at my cross necklace and said.  Do you know what that means, do you know what it's about.  I said yes I do (I didn't say Yes Sir because I didn't leave in the south yet)  He smiled and walked away.  I looked back and he was gone.

To this day I believe that was God doing a wellness check on me.

I say all that to say - He came to visit again recently.  In the form of a really nice older woman with a cool British accent.  This time He/She asked if she could sit down at a bench where a friend and I were sitting.  I was wearing my favorite shirt from church that says "No perfect, people allowed!  She said well your shirt says no perfect people allowed so I wanted to make sure it was ok.  I laughed she laughed and she and I had the greatest five minute conversation ever.  I told her about my church we joked a bit and off she went.

You can believe what you choose to believe about who I met.  The point of this one.  You never know who you're talking to or who your blessings.

So choose to treat them well..because you never know it could be a wellness check.

Lift Elevators and Prayers

Using the lift...Elevator prayers, 3 flights to go!

 Matthew 18:20 NIV
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."

I will not say whether work is my favorite place to go on a Monday morning at 8:00am ok fine usually a little later than that, but that's my business.

I will just let you make your own conclusion as I'm sure you too have had to crawl out of bed run into the shower, grab the kid rush to school, forget the back pack rush back to school, then go into the office that has a special appreciation for your skills.

One day God said I know you like to pray and I said Yes Lord, Yes I do, so he said pray for the people in the elevator.  And I said COOL.

So I made it a sort of habit that if there was one person on the elevator with me, I would explain rather quickly, I don't want to know your business but can I pray for you.  I would say it quickly because there were only three floors to travel.  Thankfully the elevator is slow.

More often than not, the person would say yes.  I would pray they would smile and that was the end of that.  Off to fight the giants in the office.  But I felt a little like David, I had strong faith - Who is greater than my God and I had just done something he asked me to do which doesn't happen as consistent as it should.

I even had one lady hug me one day.  Awkward as my kid would say.

My most recent Lift Prayer went rather similar.  The ladies eyes lit up and I prayed the elevator opened and we stepped out.  This time though she said hey wait, do you want me to pray for you. Excuse me, I was actually shocked.  Nobody ever asked to pray for me.  She grabbed my hand in the middle of the office hallway and began to pray.  I had my eyes closed, my head lowered, and I was smiling real big.

The prayer took about 30 seconds maybe and she headed towards her office and I skipped to mine.

Two important points

Lift prayers are really cool and I challenge you to try it.

If somebody prays for you, if you are able pray right back at them.