Witnessing in the Workplace
By Eula Key
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When people give their lives to Jesus, they are a new creation. 2 Cor. 5:17 states, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” Since my favorite conversation is talking about Jesus and how good He is to us, I share Jesus with many people,
including people at my secular workplace. Somewhere along the way, I realized I spent a lot of my daytime hours at work, so I wanted them to be pleasant hours. I refer to the people in my workplace as my work family. God knows how He can use us, and here are a few ways God has used me to witness Hugh Davis
for Him in the secular workplace to help others have a closer relationship with Him.
The first day on my new job, I was told the preference was that I would not wear jeans to work. On my jobs, most people wear casual business pants and so did I until Currently, I am working my accident. This gave me the part time for the State of opportunity to tell about how Nebraska. I’ve been on this job God saved my life in the car seven months and everyone at accident. I explained to my work is aware I love God and supervisor I would be wearam a Seventh-day Adventist. ing a dress each day because In 2017, I had retired— dresses were more combecause of an almost fatal car fortable for me since I had accident—from the Federal a metal plate inside me due Government with 31 years of to my crushed pelvis. I also service, which included three mentioned that I was capable years of military service. The of doing almost everything accident took place in 2015 I was able to do before the and the police at the accident accident occurred. said seven people saw a perWherever I work, I usually son in the car with me who pray for each person on my later disappeared completely job by name as I drive to from the scene. work. I let them know I am I thank God He had seven praying for them and I tell people to verify He sent an them that I pray they do a angel to save my life that day good job at work and grow in a miraculous way. My heart closer to God. They usually had been displaced, 13 of my appreciate that I am praying ribs were broken, and my pel- for them. vis was crushed. I was dying, I One day a person said, “I could barely breathe, but I did know Eula prayed for me this not feel any real pain. morning, so everything will Immediately after the be okay.” I was blessed by her accident, I couldn’t talk or comments that day and she walk. However, I was able was blessed because I had to return to work seven indeed prayed for each one months later. I worked for of them that morning while eight months until I could get driving to work. both a retirement check and a Social Security check at age 62. After being retired for two years, I took the part-time job As a Federal employee, so I would not have to work I learned that I could talk on Sabbath. about God in my cubicle area.
My story
Seeds of kindness
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