One summer
evening in 2007 I attended Bowman camp. At the end of the message as I
was moved by the Holy Spirit, I went forward and knelt at the altar to
pray. I knew the speaker personally. He had even stayed in my
husband and my home when he had been the speaker at my church. So I kept
in touch with him and in July of 2009 I wrote him a letter. Here is part
of that letter:
You may recall that a few years ago when you were the speaker at
the Bowman Camp, I knelt at the altar and asked God to use me, to work in and
through me. After the service I shared with you some of what was on my
heart. You recommended that I get a copy of the book, "Just Walk
Across the Room." Since that night God has begun a great work in my
life. I am truly amazed.
I had gotten a
copy of the book and one thought in the book was to look for opportunities to
spread God’s love in small as well as big ways, perhaps doing nothing more than
giving someone a smile. And so I began to look for those
opportunities. I would like to share a recent one with you.
For
twenty-five years I had worked as a programmer/analyst. For most of those
years, I followed the suggestions of dressing for success. I wore
business suit and heels and had a professional hair cut. However, I am
not a morning person and to get moving in the morning is difficult for
me. Most mornings, I would be running late. So I decided to buy a
wig and when I didn’t have time to fix my hair I would wear the wig.
Later, dressing for success went out the window and business casual dress was
allowed in the work place. My wig ended up all but forgotten in the back
of a shelf in my closet.
In Feb of 2009
I was laid off of my job as a programmer/analyst. In Oct
2009, I started working as a Customer Service Rep for an insurance company that
provides Medicare supplement insurance to people on Medicare. I have
talked to thousands and thousands of people all across our great land. I
was totally out of my comfort zone on this job. My talents lay in my
being a programmer/analyst. However, each day as I struggled with
my job, God opened my eyes in ways that I had never imagined to a real and
hurting world. And so I began praying for my customers. I
have told countless number of my customers that I would pray for them. At
least two asked me to pray for them and one customer asked me if I were a
Christian and he told me I was angel.
It was then
that I remembered that wig in the back on my closet. I got it out and all
the cleaning and styling products that went with it. I decided that the
very next customer that called and asked if a wig would be covered by the
health insurance because they had lost all their hair due to cancer treatments
I would offer them my wig. Within days of my decision, a lady named Jane
called and asked if wigs were covered. I had to tell her no they were
not. So I offered mine to her. She gave me her email address and
asked if I would send her a picture of the wig which I did. Here is her
reply.
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| The Wig |
Surprisingly, I have often worn my hair in such a
style and with summer highlights the color is not too far
off. If you want to send the wig, I will try it and return it if I
cannot use it. Mailing address… With thanksgiving for your
thoughtfulness.
And so I
mailed her the wig along with all the accessories and included one of my photo
greeting cards that I had made. In it I told her I would pray for her.
Until the day
I retired, I struggled with my job but God had helped me - one day at a
time. For Jane, He gave me the opportunity to spread some of His
love by offering her my wig and for others He had given me the opportunity to
let them know someone cared and was praying for them.
