Do Not Let Your Insecurities Stop You From Doing What Holy Spirit Nudges You To Do

When you read my blog you may think to yourself that she is a pretty outgoing person, since she shares her heart with the world basically. When I write I do not think of it as sitting down to share with the world. I sit down and write from my heart, as if I was sitting at a table and writing in a journal. It really is a journal in one respect for I do write my thoughts and experiences and how the Lord streams through me. What you may not know is that I can be quiet at times and just enjoy the quiet sound of quiet if that makes sense. Let me clarify that, not on work time, just time when not at work. I am very comfortable when Holy Spirit nudges me to share with others except when He asks me to share with a good looking man that I do not even know. That must be something He is working on inside of me right now. You see, this is what happened yesterday. I need to overcome the fact that a man is good looking and not allowing me to not share a word with a man because of the mere fact that he is good looking. I tend to become a bit shy and draw back when I am in a situation like that. Let me further explain...yesterday I took a route home that I normally do not take while driving and I felt Holy Spirit nudge me to go into a grocery store and I did. As I entered the store I noticed a good looking man as I walked by in a part of the store. I was on a mission to pick up fresh cherries and yogurt. I thought nothing of passing by that man and I am sure I thought to myself that man is good looking, he stood out for some reason. I continue on shopping in the store and all of a sudden I feel led to go look for a particular tea and down the tea aisle I went, who do you think is down that aisle? Yep, that man is there. I recently found a great tea by Celestial SeasoningsTeas (I think that's the brand name) called Black Cherry Berry. Oh my gosh, when you make a cup of this tea it is as if you are having the experience of literally tasting fresh black cherries, you know, the kind that are so good when they are in season, that kind. Take it a step further and add a little orange blossom honey to the tea and it is delicious. Now, back to the story at hand, I was so surprised to see that this store carried a box of just this flavor for when I discovered it, it was in a sampler box of teas. I felt Holy Spirit nudge me to share with this man about the great flavor of this tea and I did not. I really am shy when it comes to things like that. I went about my shopping and then found fresh cherries and picked them up. As I was heading to check out I felt that nudge again to go down another aisle and guess who was down that aisle? Of course, I had my brief, quiet chat with Holy Spirit saying are you sure you want me to tell that man about the tea and I felt the unction to go forward and I silently said OK Holy Spirit. As I approached him I did not feel to use the words like Holy Spirit wants me to share this with you. It was handled differently, it went something like this...excuse me do you like cherries and I pointed to my fresh cherries in the cart and then I shared with him briefly that I should have told him about this tea when I was down the tea aisle and if he liked fresh cherries he should try the black cherry tea and showed it to him. He said he may try it and that was the end of my converstion. On my way I went.
At the check out I struck up a conversation with the clerk about this tea also. She gave me a great idea, make sun tea with the tea bags and then get fresh cherries and pit them and freeze them so when you serve the tea you can then add frozen cherries when you serve it. I liked that idea and went home and froze some cherries for another day. When I am looking at both scenarios I find myself most comfortable striking up the conversation with the mom as opposed to the good looking man. Why do you think that is? Holy Spirit is trying to teach me that looks should not play a part in the equation of who to approach and not approach with the words to share with them.
I may never know until Iget to heaven one day that that man, be he good looking or not, may have needed that info. about that particular tea. Maybe there was illness or he needed to ingest something with cherries because of the antioxidant qualities derived from it. In order for me to follow Holy Spirit I need to get over my insecurities and reach beyond my thoughts and ideas of whom I am to talk with. I guess it is known as a stretching point for me. Do I not minister to a wealthy person because I think they do not need the words Holy Spirit is putting within me to share or a homeless person for that matter too? No, one needs to be in season all the time when Holy Spirit beckons. I believe He is taking me out of my comfort zone shell that I tend to revert back to as a comfort zone and safety net if that makes sense.
God will use someone that is available. Is He beckoning you to speak with someone and because of your comfort zone you are not speaking? Do not do that for life is short and why go to your final demise with regrets in your heart because you wanted to follow through but it made you feel uncomfortable because it was outside of your comfort zone. Do not do that for the kindness you share with another today may be just the very thing that person needed on that particular day in their life. Do not pass by moments that are presented in your life for if you do the person you were suppose to connect with will miss what they were reaching out to God for in their very life. Do not be selfish, share what Holy Spirit has given you to share with that person. I may never ever go to that particular store again and that man may never be there again even if I did go to that store and I would have then missed the opportunity to share that particular day. Who knows, maybe he was seeking the answer to something that may not even be related to the cherry flavored tea but speaking about cherries may have caused him to think about something he was all along seeking info about and ,I, as the random lady, strike up a brief conversation about cherries. Maybe he needed cherries for a recipe? I do not know the answer to that but I do know this, I chose to not miss an opportunity that was right in front of me because of my thoughts on approaching a good looking man.
Maybe I also thought it was not appropriate because I did not want to look like I was some lady in the store trying to think of something to say to a good looking man. If that was a test to see if I would follow through I would say I passed, maybe with a C+ and not with an A. A grade of A would have been if I would have responded while down the tea aisle and not having to wait until I bumped into this man down another aisle before I said yes, Holy Spirit I will obey. Learn the lessons He presents to you swiftly so you can go on and ahead. Why go around the block a few times because you did not follow through on the first time? Life is but a vapor you are here today and may be gone tomorrow why waste what can and should be accomplished today for another day. If you wait and prolong what should be done today you will now be behind and when the day comes that you decide to follow through with what should have been done last week you will now miss what was to happen on that day because you polluted your day with catch up stuff and not fresh to deal with what was to be that very day. Life is too short to miss God's blessing opportunities more than connect with them. The choice truly is yours, what do you choose to do?