Tuesday a coworker wasn't looking well. I asked, she said she was feeling run down. I asked if she'd like a hug and she said yes, so I gave her one. She called in sick today.
Now conventional wisdom says "Heather that was really stupid now you're going to catch it" but I don't care. She was hurting.
God sent me here to minister to hurting souls, and if He moves on me to do something I'm going to do it. I've already shared that one time I was suicidal back in 1992. I took it to Jesus, and He moved on someone to come talk to me. I want to be used that way.
It's actually fairly terrifying to go to the Lord and say 'Use me however you want." But I have and continue to do that. I have a lot of peace on that.
And that's why it doesn't bother me they have thrown my schedule in the blender. I'm still getting 32 hours. And I'm reaching an amazing number of people.
A week or so ago I bought a couple packages of Hot Hands. Each package has 4 handwarmers encased in Mylar. You open the pouch, there is a second pouch inside full of a substance that warms on contact with Oxygen. I had one this morning, I gave it away. I gave another one to a bus driver - who got me going home, as well, and made a point of thanking me for it. There was a nice older man in a leather coat at the bus stop leaving the grocery store. Poor man was freezing to death. He got one. This isn't difficult to do.
Side note: in Houston you will see a variety of responses to very cold weather. Many poor folk just wear a blanket around their shoulders like some sort of refugee. The women tend to wear a cozy coat. The men who aren't in abject poverty tend to have a leather jacket - no liner. They wear that. They're obviously freezing, but they're styling.
I have never cared what I looked like in a coat as long as it was warm. One of my favorite coats was a huge feather thing that looked like a sleeping bag with arms. It was so, so, warm. The feathers would migrate out, it ripped easily, but it was so warm.
These days - and I plan to get myself a parka this year, probably in July when they'll be cheap - it will be a light color easily visible at the bus stop.
I wore 2 pairs of long underwear - wind chill in the 20's - it was still fairly cold. I had my parka but Lands End quality control really went to hell the year I bought it. I have had multiple issues. My aunt did a patch job but I need to think about another one eventually. Something online I'm thinking. I will just go up a size or two from actual because I like a bigger coat with a little room in it.
Years ago I got several pairs of wool socks on clearance and I wore a pair of them as well. And my trusty military surplus navy wool watch cap. It looks like something a homeless man would reject but it's cozy. I have an enormous wrap/scarf thing that is 8 feet long and a couple of feet wide. With that, the hat, a parka, and my ratty "pop top" gloves I am pretty well set, especially if I have a handwarmer in one of the gloves. It's not a stylish look.
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