Make it Count...

I tell you, the coolest stuff has been happening lately. When you open yourself up to God to let him work through you it is amazing what he can do. You have to be ready though. You don't know when it is coming for you...

I had someone ask me a question about two weeks ago at work and I can't get it out of my head. Don't get me wrong I think it was some sort of test or what ever but I had a young college guy out of the blue " Hey Kristian, is your family the most important thing to you"? Whoa Nelly, where did that come from? I do always talk about my family and how proud I am to be the husband and the father to but it just hit me right there... what kind of answer was he looking for? Then it hit me... I said, Jesse without get religious on you my family is the second most important thing to me. I then thought to myself "Hey good answer"...in a totally non back patting way or religious "hey look at me sorta way". He looked at me, nodded his head, said cool man and went on about his way. I then left the company I was working for and he came by on my last day to say good bye but I had already left. He then called me at home to tell me... He had never worked for anyone like me before. He said there is just something about you that makes you different. He went on to say that he didn't think there would ever be anyone else like me and that he loved my hair and some really weird stuff.... oh wait not really on the hair thing. The point is you don't no who you are effecting.

Second case:
An ex-employee called me the other night to tell me that her daddy was dying and that she would like for me to come over to the house and be with her. When she had worked for me we had serveral conversations about life and the choices we make. She has been though so much these past two years (I won't go into it but it hasn't been fun for her) and when she needed me she would send me a text or call me to just talk to her. She never asked for anything but this time it was different so I left right away. When I got there she had been crying not wanting to loose her daddy (I understand that one) and so I just talked to her and I listened to her and what she had to say. The really cool and humbling part of the whole thing was I was the only "non-family" member there and then out of nowhere she asks me to pray with the family. So she gathered the whole family in the room with her daddy and I prayed for the whole family. That was cool!!! One funny part was right after I said amen someone behind me said Kristian I didn't know you could do that (meaning pray)...I laughed. Then later that night maybe around say 12:30 in the morning her oldest brother came up to me and said "Kristian, I wanted to thank you for saying that prayer for the family." That prayer meant something to him and who knows who else that night.

There have been several other things but I say all that to say this ~ make life count. Live with a purpose. Something that I just told my friend the other night was it is now time to make a difference in other peoples lives. Don't be affraid of your past, use it. Don't be ashamed of where you came from, use it. Don't close your eyes to what you are going though, you will miss your opportunities. Don't be affraid to listen. Don't be affraid to talk. Don't let life pass you by without making a difference in someones life. Make it Count!!!

Love ya...Kristian

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