Elisabeth Elliot once said that if we were to list all of our blessings and we were raised in a Christian home, that should be at the top of our list. I was raised in a Christian home. I never remember not believing in and loving Jesus Christ, neither do my parents, my husband, my children, and now, my two teenage grandchildren. Being raised in a Christian home is a huge blessing!
POV: They say, "You're so lucky."
But after seeing a million little miracles in my life...
I can't call it luck.
I call it the grace of God.
Nothing about my story is an accident it comes from above.
A 92-year-old North Carolina man got so bored 2 months into retirement that he applied to work at Chick-fil-A...
...his smile, kindness, and passion for Jesus became so contagious that when he got sick and missed 3 days of work, an ENTIRE TOWN began asking where he was.
His name is Gilbert Martin.
Everybody calls him "Mr. Gil."
Mr. Gil is 92 years old, and works at the Chick-fil-A on Oleander Drive in Wilmington, NC.
He spent decades working in the natural gas industry and when he retired, he greeted people at Sam's Club for 12 MORE years, until they eliminated his position.
Most people would call that a sign to finally rest, but not Mr. Gil!
Two months into retirement, he got bored... so he walked into Chick-fil-A and put in an application.
He was 86 years old at the time.
He's been there ever since.
Not one or two shifts a week either. Monday through Friday.
He says the full schedule gives him more chances to be there for people who need him.
His official job is dining host.
Clean tables.
Clean floors.
But Mr Gil doesn't see it that way... as he describes it, his real job is:
"I get a lot of people that are coming in, just been to the doctor, and got bad news... I'm able to be an encourager; the Lord gave me that."
A 92-year-old man who could be resting at home... chooses to stand in a dining room five days a week... so strangers on the worst day of their lives don't have to be alone.
And Wilmington noticed.
When Mr. Gil caught a cold and missed a couple of days, the owner said he was FLOODED with HUNDREDS of customers who were panicked about him.
Mr. Gil has zero plans to retire.
He says if you ever see him working, come say hi.
"I don't know what 92 is supposed to feel like, but I feel great. Serving others has always brought me joy because I believe that a smile and a kind word can make someone's day a little brighter.”
We need more of this in the world!!!!
Is it not a remarkable coincidence that at the very same time that China was attempting to undermine the 2020 election to get Trump out of office that COVID just happened to accidentally escape that little lab in Wuhan???
Parents, one day our kids will stand before Jesus, & He probably won't ask them about their…
home-runs, points per game, touchdowns, popularity, hobbies, etc.
Those things are fine, but not eternal. How are we investing in their souls? That’s what will matter for eternity!
God turned his head and changed the fate of a nation.
Benjamin Franklin: "I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men.”