I See You

July 4, 2020

This is a series of messages from the time of isolation during the COVID19 Response in Oregon, United States.

A friend recently went into a grocery store in Corvallis, the nearest "large" town. This was before masks were considered mandatory and she was not wearing a mask. Going through the check-out line she greeted the masked checker behind the plexiglass wall that separates her from her customers. The checker paused and tears swelled in her eyes. The friendly greeting touched something vulnerable in her. "You are the first person today who has spoken to me," she said. "And my shift is nearly over."

Hours. Hundreds of people. Thousands of items. Beep, blip, weigh, click, bag, silence.

You can't give away what you don't have. It would appear the customers that day didn't have much to give away.

Then my friend walks through the door. She carries the peace of Jesus wherever she goes; even to the grocery store. She walks with confidence and grace. She can give kind, because she has received kind. She can give peace because she knows Peace. She can walk in confidence because she knows who she is and that she stands on solid ground. Then she gives it away to the people around her.

Jesus sees you. Acknowledge Him and see Him too. Then give it away.

I see you.

So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” - Genesis 16:13 (Hagar in the desert)


Not one should be lost...