Hut lovers

Saying goodbye to people is making this real. I am torn between leaving all of the amazing people in my life and the excitement of the unknown adventure that lies ahead.

Hanging out with my Pizza Hut family for the last time tonight before I go, I thank God for letting me know and work with them all, these people that I share life with and have for the past 3 and a half years.

The late nights, the crazy rushes, the hours that can pass without a single customer, the days that seem like they will never end. Working too much for too little with some of the hardest-working people I know, although anyone rarely notices or gives them any credit.  In all the chaos of that place, with the precious memories there that are too many to count, basically there’s something about working together there that just bonds you. We’ve seen the best and worst sides of each other but all I can say is that it is real and that is what I love most about it.

I love it also because I see Jesus there. I see Him in the mess of our lives, bringing peace into the hectic days. I think of how Jesus is more than capable of being able to relate to this work on the especially bad days. Serving without getting noticed or appreciated, being taken advantage of and looked down on. I love it that in any situation, He can understand. This was His life and more.

As I drive home I look at the bracelet Annie gave me as a going away gift, the glittery cross across my wrist, and I think of my Jesus. How unworthy I am to share the news of His beautiful grace with the world. Here and everywhere I go. Any words I say could never describe how Jesus has changed my life forever. The perfect life He lived for me, exchanging it for my life ruined from the start by sin. He died so I wouldn’t have to, taking what I deserved and inviting me to have the life He earned. He made adoption by God possible, so I am free to live with closeness to God, knowing that He is my Father and I am His daughter. The way God wanted it to be from beginning, for everyone. For us to be His own.

Being truly set free, that is the gift of Jesus. That is why I desire so much to live a life that is beautiful to Him. That is why I have to tell people about Him. This news is too important, this new life is too good to keep quiet about, the news that there is One who saves.