what a summer it has been spending 4 whole weeks in a potato shed or should i say "tater" shed...gosh that word. i can not stand to hear it! i must say though, i made a little over 1200 $$ in those 4 weeks which help pay for my braces, car repairs, & vacation. ohh && school books! Never thought sorting potatoes would bless me but it did..praise God! I could see GOD kind of laughing at me while i was saying little prays thru the day while grading potatoes....."God, please don't let me catch these nasty warts from these ""TATERS"!" "God, I love you but why so many potatoes!" "God, i know you created everything in Your image but what was you thinking when you created these!!" =) yeah i know your probably thinking i should be ashamed for praying those things but the way i see it...i was just talking to God & trying to get Him to explain His reason behind potatoes!
Spending 6 days a week & working 8-10 hours a day grading potatoes, isn't as fun as it sounds. I know i just burst someone's bubble but i aint gonna lie...it's pretty much boring! Just a fun fact, week 2 of potatoes around about 2:00 pm, i fell asleep WITH my eyes OPEN while working on the grader!!! Just try to picture that....it's funny looking back now but at the moment, i freaked out!! I started thinking about all the bad things that could have happened. My latex gloves stuck between the grader....losing a hand & then the baggers checking potatoes & finding a hand!! or letting all those wart-ty potatoes thru that should have been trashed & some little lady open her potato bag & find them & think she'll catch some type of STD from them!! i mean, it's risky busy, grading potatoes! Potato graders are to thank for potato chips & tots!!!
i've never fell asleep with my eyes open before btw!
So, with my 1st pay check i bought a mp3 player!! This would help me stay awake so i didn't have to worry about any old ladies or body parts && it would keep my mind concentrated on music instead of how many truck loads we had left. Smart thinking i might add & a very smart buy! One of the smartest i've made!!! Though i did not get every song i wanted on it, it had enough music that i played everything 3x & it pretty much kept me occupied! This is where God comes back into the picture.
A precher once said that everybody should set a goal for themselves to take 1 full day & listen to nothing but praise & worship music. Which meant from the time you got up til the time you went to bed. Every sound needed to be Godly & pure & musical. This would allow the person to realize just how much more peaceful the day is & how much more the distractions flee. I mean, just think about it. I know everyday i hear things i should. I let sounds around me distract my thoughts && i let those thoughts distract my day & my time with God. So, one day during work, i thought...i'm going to listen to nothing but worship ALL DAY! from the time i got up, til the time i went to bed!! Now I'm not perfect so there were times when i had to take the earphones out because i was on the job & had a position that had to pay close attention to any mess ups & announce them to the other graders.
Anyways, that morning started off normal. The music seemed to help keep me awake but that was about all. Nothing else was happening...spiritually. All the music was doing was playing, i wasn't allowing my spiritually ears to listen & let it speak so i said a small prayer & begin to soak up some worhsip. I begin to catch myself dancing....swaying from side to side like those black gospel choirs do. How they snap, clap, nod, stomp & shake...that was me! In my pj's practically...with blue latex gloves on, sorting potatoes. (another funny image) I noticed people pointing fingers & such & to tell you the truth, I was wondering what was going on. I didn't know if something was wrong with the potatoes or what but not for once did i think it was because of me.
As i continued to drown out the world & just listen to the messages spoken thru music, i felt tears flow down my cheeks. God began speaking thru me in His heavenly language & it felt amazing! I began praying over the potatoes...no lie! That day had been rough & the potatoes weren't passing so we were losing loads of money & not gaining any orders. As i began praying for the potatoes, God started just talking to me.
See, i had really been struggling with the fact that I hadn't been hearing from God. Yes, I had been spoken to thru preachers & Pastors but not thru my own self. & that bothered me. I've always been one to sit alone in my room & just talk to God but lately He just didn't seem to be talking back. BUT that day He spoke & it was some of the Sweetest words i've ever heard.
The song was playing "always" by Hillsong United & it says "All You are is all i want, ALWAYS, draw me close, In Your Arms, Oh, GOD, i want to be with You!" well i was saying as a prayer to Him when He spoke & said listen to those words from Jesus' point of view. & let me tell you...i felt that Gospel gangsta rise up in me. If there would have been some pew's in that shed, I would have ran them!!!! I began to realize that sometimes we get to wrapped up in us wanting HIM to hold us & love us & how bad we want to be with him but what He wants us to realize is HE wants the same. JESUS wants us to love on him & be with us ALWAYS. & that's why i hadn't heard anything. i was so caught up in the noise of myself that i couldn't hear Him whispering ,"ALL YOU ARE, IS ALL I WANT, ALWAYS!!"
GOD wants ALL OF US just like we want more of Him! & sometimes we've gotta shut up & let Him talk to us. He wants to be with us just as bad as we want to be with Him!! Although it took me grading potatoes to hear from God, i'm glad He did!! It was the right moment & time. I must admit, that whole day of nothing but worship going into my ears, was one of the best days i've had! It allowed me to meditate on Him but always it allowed the noise of myself to drown out so i only heard what He was trying to speak. So i challenge you, take a day & just let the noise be worship! You'd be surprised at what you hear!! Most of our lives are busy & loud & we have family that fuss & friends that fight but if you can't hear that noise, If your thoughts can't since that distraction....then it's able to focus on what it does hear....worship!!
Peace & Love, Kc
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