Heartthoughts:Do I Know You?

"How is Oscar Mayer?" we heard a voice from somewhere up there! Where did that come from, we puzzled. Then we saw a construction worker standing in an opening high up in a city building under renovation.

"They are growing!" Howard shouted back when we determined where the voice was coming from. Who was this? And how did he know the names of two of our pigs, Oscar and Mayer? We couldn't figure it out, and the man was too far away for us to recognize him. No doubt somebody that Howard had talked to, I concluded as we entered a restaurant for lunch.

We were served tasty bowls of ham and beans, with a wedge of corn bread. All too soon, we could see the bottom of the shallow bowls and let the waitress know they were skimpy. She agreed, and took our empty bowls for a refill. Some time later, a manager-type person brought them, and apologized. He surprised us by saying he wouldn't normally do this, but since we were regulars, he would. Regulars? The popular eatery had opened months ago, but we had only been there a few times! How could he know us?

I was reminded of a time recently when Howard attended a Men's Breakfast at church. A man he didn't know approached him and asked how our grandson, Reid, was doing. My husband had no idea who he was, but answered that he was doing fine. Reid had been thrilled to go on the road with musician friends and a famous gospel artist. Proud Pa Pa Howard had told several about it, but he had never seen this person!

These incidents made me think of the phrase, "You are not invisible." In other words, people notice and hear your words and actions, even if you are not aware of it. It gave me pause to stop and think about how I might appear to others, even strangers. Do I demonstrate Christian behavior, or do I unconsciously frown and look disagreeable while shopping or discussing with my husband in public.

There is a saying that you're the only Bible that someone may ever read. 2 Corinthians 3:2 states, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

(3:3) For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with
the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart."


"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven," Matthew 5:16