Hey y’all!
Though I am Australian, I love the American slang.
This week to no surprise another amazing reflection on my side, for the week. I would say take a guess, but the world is such a complex planet, that you probs wouldn’t have guessed it in time. So imma just tell you.
The lesson learnt – your actions have consequences.
I had this reflection point earlier in the week, and I just kept seeing. And I guess it is true when they say, you see more of what you focus on. Like playing spot the yellow car. Though there may not be many yellow cars – kinda rare – you’ll see them everywhere.
So, what specifically happened you wonder…
Well…this week I am at Woolies right and I noticed an older lady accidently cause some packets from the fridge to fall outside the fridge. As I saw it unfold, I watched the next 30 seconds as she slowly looks down, and a slow 5 seconds later she glances at the Woolies worker to her right. He was only a few steps away. I could see she was contemplating what to do and weighing up her options. I was looking in the corner of my eye, to see what she might do next. Because when I saw she noticed the employee, I felt her think more deeply and I instantly felt for the guy. Because if she wasn’t going to pick up her mess upon noticing him working nearby (I mean it shouldn’t change the fact if he wasn’t there), but I was also contemplating if I should speak up. Mind you it was only 2 packets of meat slices and the empty cardboard box. Was it put back exactly how it was found? Nope. But she did in fact pick it up. So, we can congratulate her. And this isn’t to make fun of her, but this was what I saw happen first this week and is how I got this week’s reflection. As it just kept coming.
Because in this story, it wasn’t about whether or not the packets fell to the ground – though that happened. But it’s about the choice to pick up after your mess, as our choices have consequences. And I am not sure what would have happened had she not picked up the packets. But there’s definitely a consequence for all our actions – whether it’s instant or delayed.
Okay so next story…is the fact that I get an email saying I am behind rent. Now, obviously the consequence, which I now know (movies should have pre warned me), is that you gotta pay a fee for failing to pay. Since failing to pay on time, I suffer the consequence of paying a fee on top on the overdue rent. Now, I just want to let you know that I was unaware of this. I mean obviously right… haha but it’s because I set up these scheduled payments. And after realising the rent stopped, I remembered when I moved in, I had only set up the payments to match the duration of my lease at the time. But since it extend… in my carelessness I faced the consequence to pay more. Had no one told me…I think the landlords must tell you…but I would have suffered more consequences.
Now you have heard these stories, and I have two more to share. So hold on…they get better.
First one. I watched a trilogy movie series out of order. YES, I know right! Gosh, how could I – lol. This has never happened, and I thought for sure I checked the order, since it’s not named “XYZ 1”, “XYZ 2”, “XYZ 3”. But each movie had its own name.
I recall so clearly, I begin what I thought was the ‘third’ movie, only to realise the man I thought was married was single…I thought to myself “this cannot be right?”
And sure enough, I was watching the second movie, having watched the first and third movie…which yes I did watch the first one first…how bad it would have been to watch them all out of order. So moral of story, when you watch the movie out of order, you will have the spoilers.
But knowing the end from the start…somehow wasn’t so bad.
Okay and lastly. This week when I went to the gym, because in all honestly I have been slacking in this weather. See I am walking past the equipment in the gym and my head hits something pretty hard. Thankfully no bruise, but it did go red. Sure enough, I hit my forehead on the metal thing on the machine that you pull down on. I still don’t know how it happened, as I wasn’t on my phone…still early mornings.
This week, many little events unfolded and made me realised just as there’s consequences for our actions physically, so is there spiritually. For you and for me, all that we must have kind actions [1 John 3:18] in front of others, but in the sight of God. For what matters most is what God says and thinks about you.
For the one that we should have a reverent fear is towards God [Matthew 10:28]. And it isn’t easy, but we can slowly change to act in accordance to this way. For even as simple as focusing on God rather than people and what the world says is so important. But what truly matters, is what you do behind closed doors and what you truly feel and think in your heart.
God, you amaze me!
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1 John 3:18 NIV
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Matthew 10:28 NIV
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
God is the answer
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