Our Paths Crossed....

I'm just a janitor, what difference do I make?
I'm just a retail clerk, what difference do I make?
I'm just an accountant, what difference do I make?
I'm just a secretary, what difference do I make?
I'm just a transcriptionist, what difference do I make?

I have always struggled with being just in an administrative role but when placed in management roles, I have felt uncomfortable and uneasy. I have quite a bit of education and wondered what difference I could make.

Well, as I approach my year celebration of working from home, I recently realized that being a transcriptionist takes on a whole new meaning. As a transcriptionist typing is necessary but it involves the skill of hearing intensely to type verbatim, and research skills for the terms I do not know but for me, there is something deeper and God has revealed this to me over the last couple of weeks.

I transcribe many things from patient reports, corporate earning calls, doctor/patient interviews, teleseminars, and the list is endless but what I have found is that my walk with God is changing. I'm touched by the stories that are being told and I'm transcribing from a child's wellness visit to the individual who has just learned they have cancer which is not curable.

This past week has been quite difficult and I have sat literally crying trying to pull it together to finish typing a report. Yet, in the midst of all these stories, I have found that I am praying for those on the other end. No, I do not know them and they do not know me but I say a prayer for them. Some I have found that I remember them day to day and weeks later. When I remember, I say a prayer. I may not know their name but what I have profoundly been struck by is that God knows who I am talking about.

God knows each and every one of us by name. He knew us before we were born. How many times have we heard that growing up in church? Too many to count in my lifetime but truly understanding it has been a revelation and a gift from God in my life.

So your job does not make a differnce you say? Well, I beg to differ.

God uses the janitor who is working may notice someone looks sad and if a Christian, prays for that individual that day.

God uses the retail clerk who receives a lashing from a customer to take time and say a prayer for that customer that day.

God uses the accountant who is doing taxes or an audit takes the time to pray over the business and/or individual(s) they are working with.

God uses the secretary who interacts with all during the day, to pray for each she/he comes in contact with.

God uses me, a transcriptionist, who works in the comfort of her home to say a prayer for those on the other end and continuously, praying without ceasing, for each of them He has laid on my heart.

So you think your job, your day to day activities, your roles, your life does not matter?

God uses you. God uses you.

Really, take time to read those words and let them sink in. God uses you.

What a powerful God we have and how humbled I am that He uses me.