At least that’s what the sign says. I don’t really know…i got the decaf brew. I REALLY wanted the Autumn Roast. But i was good. You’re welcome Norah. (I feel shes a girl today…)
oh well. This morning has been sort of perfect. Minus the freezing air conditions inside this little bagel place. There are limited options for me while I wait for Clayton to finish up his pastors training this a.m. It worked out last week, so I decided to come here again this week and see how the morning goes. Im thinking I may change it up next Wednesday…someplace warmer.
We are a one car family again for the next few days. Over the last week or so, we have run into a few glitches in that department (when do we not right?)…so we are carpooling…everywhere. It’s a good thing we really like each other :) .
Clayton has training from 6-8 on Wednesday mornings. 2 hours for me to spend some time in the Word and catch up on some much needed reading. I did the first one today…but not the second. I may regret that come later this afternoon. Anyway, when he’s done, we’ll head off to work. We were discussing work this morning.
Clayton asked me “Hey, guess what the first question was at the men’s retreat this weekend?” I asked him to preface if this question was directed at merely himself, or if it were in general the first question asked to all the men. He said all. So I guessed..” Did you see the game last night?..” chuckle. When that was incorrect, I knew what the question was almost immediately. “So…what do you do?” He shouted confirmation from the bedroom. I rolled my eyes a little. We hate this question. We are 25 years old…and not at all doing the work that we love. When we get asked this question, particularly Clayton, this is how the conversation inevitably goes… “so, what do you do?”…”i work for a moving company..” “…o yeah…which one?…o?..I’ve never heard of it…where at in the company?…accounting?…are you an accountant?” “Nope. We just work there”…and then it ends…as if now the person asking the question knows any more about us than before…which would be an incorrect notion. I am not saying this to be bitter….i appreciate the inquiries into our lives…but I really wonder if we answer them correctly..or if rather, the questions are asked correctly?
I mean, the question of What do you do? Does imply a response that includes some form of employment. but why do we answer it as such? Why not, “well, I work to further for the Kingdom of my Lord Jesus”?…Because that sounds cliche? Possibly. But there has to be a better way to get to know each other…believers and unbelievers alike. Talking about our job titles in such a basic manner really gets us nowhere. One. our jobs/careers don’t define us…even a little bit. And if they do…that’s a problem I think.
Enough on that front. We are off to work again. Hopefully today I will get a chance to love my coworker Kelly better than I did yesterday. And better than I did on Monday. That’s what I’m supposed to be doing right? I mean, I work in the accounting department…but whenever I think about that, I wonder why in the heck I work with numbers…I’ve never been good at math. So there must be a much better reason---a higher purpose if you will?….to Love. Yep. I think that’s what my job is today (I would think that i don’t need to give a disclaimer about how I know that we area called to to our jobs with integrity and diligence…but I’ll include in anyway). To love.
And to show the people around me who my King is and that He loves them too.
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