Sometimes Broken Eggs Look Beautiful

One of the most discouraging things about my vision difficulties is the loss of my driving privileges.  I’m not whining, promise!  There are just work-arounds that sometimes need to be done for normal, everyday things.  Something I really miss is being able to jump in the car and run to the store.  Within the past year, I have discovered that I have grocery delivery available to me from our local Food City grocery store. (Shout out y’all!)  The service is not actually provided BY the store, but by a shopper service.  I appreciate Food City allowing the shopper service to operate through their business.  

I put an order in yesterday for a few items that I needed.  We were having a dinner guest.  I keep basic prep stuff here for every day cooking, but I wanted a couple of special things for company dinner.  Within an hour after I put my order in, my motion detector chimed that there was someone in the driveway.  When I checked, it was the grocery delivery.  I stepped out on the porch.  The deliverer was a pleasant-looking young woman.  Bless her heart, I had her out in the freezing rain and cold.  She handed me the bag with dinner rolls and an 18 pack of EB eggs.  I was thanking her for her delivery service as she was handing me the other two bags.  I was not paying attention to what I was doing and as I was reaching for one of the other bags, I let the bag with the dinner rolls and eggs go.  Yep, it crashed to the ground.  

Bless her heart, her eyes got so big.  She asked me to check them.  When I checked, it looked like most of them were cracked on the bottom.  The egg carton had hit flat on the ground.  She was so upset.  She wanted to take them back to the store and exchange them. I told her not to worry about it.  It was my bad.  I was the one that dropped them. She offered a couple of times to take them back.  I told her it would be fine.  I’d broken eggs before and the world did not end.  So I sent her on her way. 

I brought the groceries in and set them on the counter.  I opened the eggs and looked at them.  My first thought was that I would have to end up throwing most of them away.  I let them sit on the counter while I put the other items away.  I came back to them and started flipping them over to see how many were damaged.  There were six that were not broken.  I washed them off and put them in the refrigerator.  There was one that was totally broken, but there were eleven of them that could be saved.  I was able to get them into a bowl.  

The thing is, I fix fifteen omelet sandwiches for my brother each week.  He eats one for breakfast and takes two for lunch each day.  I have figured out that one-quarter cup equals one egg.  So, I  added some salt and whipped the eggs up to a foamy consistency.  There were eleven one-quarter cup servings in the bowl.  I was able to make eleven omelets to stash in the refrigerator for next week.  I think that is pretty good.  

I am sure the young woman has had days where the same situation would not have worked out the same way. Working with the public can be difficult. I know this from experience… been there, done that, got the t-shirt. I did not see any reason to blame her for my clumsiness. I could have though. I could have told her to take them back and bring me fresh, clean, unbroken eggs.  She would have.  I’m sure the shopping service has those kinds of incidents built in for the shoppers.  It most likely would not have cost her anything but the time to do it.  To me, it just did not feel like the right thing to do.  Plus, it worked out OK.  I only lost one egg, really… maybe. 

What is one egg compared to being kind and considerate to someone else, especially someone that you do not know.  She could have been having a difficult day and I could have made it worse.  God’s Word tells us to be kind to one another and treat others the way you would like to be treated.  It seems to always work out in the end.  Kindness beats crabbiness every time.  

“Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”   {1Pe 4:9-10 KJV}

Do you want to know what the coolest thing was about the day?  My friend and I had planned this dinner visit a week and a half earlier.  As she walked in the door, she handed me a dozen, fresh from the chicken house, eggs.  She had no idea about my egg crisis earlier.  She’d taken the eggs to work with her to bring to us.  

That is how God works in our lives.  When we give others grace, as He has given us grace, He will honor that effort.  The broken eggs are just a picture. Don’t hesitate to give grace to others as you go through your daily lives.  Let the man with only two items in front of you at the grocery store.  Let a few cars out ahead of you on a congested road.  Count to three (or ten or twenty or a hundred) before you answer someone in anger.  Take a few minutes to stop and talk to that person you know is alone and might need some companionship. 

Just BE NICE people!  It is pretty simple, really.  

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And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. (Luke 6:31 ~ KJV)

Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. ^{(Hebrews 13:1-2)}

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:8)

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What is your relationship to the all-knowing God of the universe?  Do you know Jesus? Do you know the peace that can come only from an intimate relationship with Him?  You can know Him.  Jesus Christ, God’s Son, born into human flesh, sinless, crucified and giving His life freely, buried, arisen on the third day, will come into your life and change the outcome of your eternity.  You just have to be willing to believe and accept His truth.  

Here is an excellent website that can give you additional information about making your decision for Jesus Christ!  PeaceWithGod.net

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