Hey all!
Good news on the weight. I officially weighed in this morning at 244.0! God has given me much grace these past few days. I'm well on my way back DOWN, DOWN, DOWN!! Please don't let up on the prayer- I need it badly!!
God is taking me to a new level of boldness. Yesterday, there were 2 young teen girls shopping in the "condom/personal pleasure" (Kara's terminology, not the store's) section of the store. So, at first I was a bit dismayed as I thought of their youthfulness. Then, the Lord prompted me to boldly approach them and ask with a smile on my face, "May I help you find anything?" One of the girls looked directly in my eyes with a smart allic smirk and said, "Yes! We are looking for things to help with lesbian sex!" What???? What???? Did I just hear her correctly? Right in front of God and all of the store she asked me for help with lesbian sex?????What??????? Thank goodness that the Lord allows me to be quick and witty at times and not stumble over my words at a moment like this! Before I could blurt out anything, the other girl that she was with started laughing and playfully pushed at her friend and said "Oh stop it!"
A brief sigh of relief came over me as I realized that the one girl was just being a brat to me and wanted to say something off the wall and crazy. Thus, I looked right into her lovely little blue eyes and said "I could tell you were just saying that to me for the shock factor right?" She smirked at me and then didn't say anything. I kindly added, "When you are done shopping, I'd be glad to ring you up at this register, " and I pointed to my coz register!
Moments that seemed like an eternity went by as they continued to review this "area" of product. I waited and waited, praying for wisdom as to what to say when they checked out.
Finally, they came bee bopping over to my register with a packet of 3 condoms and 2 cokes.
I asked, " So, are you girls getting ready to go back to school?" They answered, "Not really, I'm not ready at all." I found out that they both knew John through security at the schools which lightened the conversation. I asked, "So, what do you all do for fun?" as i prayed that they would NOT mention anything else about lesbo sex and try to get a rise out of me! They said, "Blow up condoms and put them in people's mailboxes." Holy smokeroos, did I have a couple of rebels on hand or what? But I stayed cool and acted like that didn't phase me...bring it on!
Before I knew it, I blurted out "Well, my church has a great youth group program that I think you'd love! It's fun and contemporary with great music." Our eyes locked as I was not going to give up on these girls that have probably been labeled by society as rebels, naughty, trouble makers, and bad girls. Now, talk about shock factor???Hmmmm?? I had em!!!
The Holy Spirit began to sweep through and one girl pulled out a piece of paper and asked me for the church's name and info? Whoa!!
Was this really happening? So, i gave her the name and Jeremy's number and my phone number to call for more info. Please pray HARD for girl A and girl B- I do believe that God will bring them to MP3. You just never know do you????
That's really all I've got right now! Love you all,
off to work I go.....
K
Life is Good because of God! Thumbs up!!!
4 comments:
Way to go Kara....
Did you ever think that bringing "rebel" teens tothe lord would be in your job discription. WOW....
As I start my journey back into the work place I pray that I can be as bold and confindent as you are.
Lots of love
Rita
My, my, my...I can imagine you'll have some interesting customers quite often. I pray you continue to have grace and boldness with them.
Lesbian sex on Kara's blog, my, my, my! I think my eyes would have popped out of my head if someone sprang that on me like that. I think you handled the girls amazingly. Really, I don't know that I would have been able to engage them like you did. Keep it up, girl!
Oh, Kara! I love you. I KNEW God would begin preparing people to meet you at Walgreens. :) I just never knew how hilarious your stories would be. I pictured little old ladies and new moms that you'd invite to church, but I LOVE how God is really stretching you and giving you this great boldness.
Honestly, I think I would have lost it when they asked. I don't think I could have been as mature or composed. I would have uttered something like, "I don't know anything about that. Go ask the pharmacist." They would have chalked me up to an un-cool, stuffy adult. Anyway, way to go!!!!!!
Oh, and I had condoms thrown around my classroom once during an English lesson. I didn't know what they were throwing around, so I made the kid bring them up to me and hand them to me in front of the whole class. Fortunately, they were still in their wrappers. It was all I could do to not act surprised. I thought it was just a toy they were throwing around. I kept the kid after class. He immediately started crying (he was a tough guy, supposedly in a gang) and told me he had never used one before, etc. (as if that was the issue I had with them having them in class). I made him call his father at work in front of me and explain why he was calling. Then, I made him help me write his discipline referral. Looking back, I was probably not filled with grace. I saw this kid at the mall a few weeks ago, and he even talked to me.
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