“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” Proverbs 12:25, NIV
One of my
regular customers came through my line recently. I’m a cashier at a grocery
store. Doug’s (not his real name) usually smiling face was sober. “I just lost
my mother,” he said. “She was 90.” I said I was very sorry and listened as I
scanned his groceries. He told me about the dreaded phone call he had received
two days before and about the high costs of final arrangements.
I will
sometimes tell a customer who shares grief with me that I will pray for him or
her. I felt the Holy Spirit nudging me to say this. I usually do so with fear
because I don’t know how people will react. Doug was about to leave, and I
hadn’t said it yet. Finally, I blurted out, “Doug, I will say a prayer for
you.” Doug turned to me with a look of appreciation and said, “Thank you,
Nancy.”
Prayer: Dear
Lord, all around us are anxious and hurting people. Help us to be alert to the
opportunities to say a kind word. Amen.
Nancy Brumbaugh
Nancy, how wonderful. You see so many people and that is a great, heavenly way to help them. Thank you. Please continue to write devotions.
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