Johnny's Kind of JOY

          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Take some to work with you today!

If you are blessed to work with people who you consider your friends, count that as a double blessing!  It’s so much easier to get up and go to work when you know you will be with good friends who are “team players” and who love you enough to pull together to get the job done.  If you find yourself in a “less than desirable” work setting, may I suggest that YOU be the example and try to make a difference?

How can one person make a difference???  I love to tell the story about a 19 year old boy named Johnny, who had Down’s syndrome.  He got a job as a bagger at a supermarket in his hometown.  One day the grocery store chain had a guest speaker who challenged all the employees to “make a difference”.

          Johnny took this challenge seriously…..He came up with the idea to find a “thought for the day”, print it up and put into everyone’s bag that came through his checkout lane.  Within a month, Johnny’s line was three times longer than the others. And no one wanted to change; they all wanted his “thought for the day”.  The store manager said that his store went through a transformation.

When the floral department had a broken flower or unused corsage, they didn’t

throw it away; they looked for an elderly woman or a little girl, and pinned it on her. The butchers started putting bows on their wrapped cuts of meat. Johnny’s determination to make a difference filled his workplace with a wonderful spirit of service and joy!

ONE PERSON CAN make a difference…simply by sharing the JOY of Jesus with others!