Should I retract?

Posted: August 11th, 2008

I had so many interesting comments and phone calls after my last blog in July “Quality not quantity” that I almost felt like I should send a retraction. By some of the comments I gleaned that many people thought I was lamenting the quiet times in the store…in fact, completely the opposite. As God has grown our business I sometimes don’t feel I have the time I would like to just visiting with people. I learn so much about God, about myself and about them in these visits. And, some of my most powerful lessons have been learned from people who do not worship in the traditional sense of the word. They are not so familiar with the ways of our faith, they are not even regular church goers, but they do have a profound sense of God in their everyday lives and have lived through tremendous adversity. They remain convinced that God is in control of their lives never lamenting His ways.

So yes, in the quiet times, I have more time to spend with some of these local regulars and I am grateful. Would I be equally as grateful to be busy…of course! But, I pray I never get so busy that I miss what God is trying to teach me. We have become so good at filling ALL of our time with “stuff” that there is a great danger that we forget that He says “be still and know that I am your God”. So don’t feel badly for me because I still have the best job in the world!!

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