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A quick hit for a Friday...

A friend shared a story with me about a time she was in the elevator at her job heading up to see her patients.  When she looked down at her shirt she noticed that a wooden keychain of an Ithcus fish with the name Jesus burned on each side had covered her nametag.  She thought that it was interesting that they couldn't see who she was and all they could see was Jesus.

She at that moment, she heard a voice say to hear aloud "That's all I ever asked of you."

She was alone in the elevator.

Yeah, I had one of those moments where you were excited and chilled all at the same time.

“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."-Matthew 16:24 (ESV)

What that means is you follow and strive to be like your teacher...Jesus.  We are to follow in His path doing the things that He's doing and in such reflect him rather than ourselves and the sinful nature of our fallen flesh.

I don't know about you...but I'd love to have Jesus say to me sometime when I'm doing His work an encouraging word like He gave my friend.  The coolest part is that it could happen to any one of us if we're following Christ's teachings.