Good morning! In case no one has told you lately – you are
amazing! You have the opportunity to be kind and loving today. You
have the potential to be a wonderful Christian example and delight to all those around you.
Remember that as you go about your today. I wanted to remind you how much you
matter. All of us matter. God says all of us are important!
Order Acknowledgements
Many of you know I work in customer service. When our customers send in orders, they like
to know we have received them. A company
wouldn’t be ordering a product unless they needed it. It is important that their order is processed.
Customers will also ask for a copy of an acknowledgement or
confirmation. Now most of know what that
is. When we place an order online – usually
one is emailed to us. The forms show the
items ordered by the customer. The quantity
and cost of each item.
The acknowledgement shows the company name of the buyer and the
company name of the seller. They also
include the delivery address and any special instructions. Our customer’s will often call and ask for a
copy of the acknowledgement if they didn’t receive it automatically after the
order is processed.
It is good for both the buyer and the seller when the buyer gets the
confirmation of the order. It is a check
point for everyone. The customer has a
chance to review the order for accuracy.
Then they can contact the seller in case something is wrong with the
order.
Sometimes people need acknowledgement too. Actually, we all do. I think it is a basic human need to want to be
noticed and appreciated. To know we are
of some value to someone else. To know
that we matter.
Perhaps we’ve felt that way ourselves. Sometimes we can be in a room full of people
and still feel totally alone. We know
the relief we feel when someone comes along and speaks to us. Maybe a co-worker thanks you for help her
make that deadline with her report. Maybe
someone takes the time to sit down and talks to us.
Jesus sought out the lonely.
He had compassion for them. He
helped the brokenhearted widow whose son had died. He acknowledged her sorrow. He valued her and her son.
Jesus may have known she had no one else to care for her. He told her “Do not weep.” Jesus went to the
bier and said, “Young man, I say to you arise.”
The son was returned to his mother.
(Luke 7:11-17)
Jesus acknowledged the lepers.
He healed the blind and the lame.
He loved the poor and the outcast.
He had compassion on the multitude and fed them.
There is something we can do for the lonely and left out today. We can acknowledge them. We can affirm their worth. We can encourage and comfort them. We re-establish our own worth when we give
worth to others - when we are merciful, and kind and gentle.
“ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of
these my brothers, you did it to me.’” Matthew 25:40
Christ above all things - Robin
