England Adventures: Grocery Store Experience

Obey The Unction From the Spirit of God

I went to the grocery store and what an experience. The lesson is Obey the Spirit of God when He gives an "unction". The unction is that deep down feeling of what to do.

Well I needed to go to the store, by asking around I found out that I could catch the bus to the near by store, 'Sainsbury's'. The Spirit gave an unction to take the medium size suitcase with me. I thought of how big that thing was and how noticeable it would be. I could just see the people staring and saying all sorts of things to themselves about me with the big suitcase. So instead of following the unction, I decided to take the small suitcase along with a hand held plastic sack I found in the apartment.
Well I caught the bus right across the street from the store. In my mind I needed to get everything I needed to last for a long, long time because it will be a while before I came grocery shopping again. The groceries should last about 2-3 months so I shopped going through every aisle picking out what was needed.

Despite the high prices in the store I did pretty good I thought because the total cost was around ₤75 (England is not the place for bargain shoppers). It wasn't until the groceries was being loaded onto the belt did I realize the suitecase and the extra plastic sack was not going to be big enough. The cashier was cashing and I was packing and before he was half way through the suitcase was full. It was in that moment I felt so, so silly, so dumb. I said to myself there is no car, no taxi so how in the world will you get all this stuff on the bus. I order to escape the starring eyes I pushed the trolley with the suitcase, the plastic bag, two other bags of groceries and eight liters of water to the outside. There I began reshuffling the groceries.

As people walked by they stared at my groceries in the corner of the sidewalk. Boy if I had only listened to the unction I would not be feeling so small right now.

I managed to reshuffle the groceries so that they fit better. People just starred as I scuffled to the bus stop. Yes, I did find a pole to hide behind so I would not be so noticeable. Boy if I had only listened to the unction I would not be feeling so small right now.

The bus came I got on and of course the people just starred. I found a seat close to the front in the handicap section. No body said a word, not the bus driver not even the old ladies (probably in their early 70's) who sat right behind the handicap section. They had also been shopping but their grocery carrier was bigger than mine and all of their stuff fit into one bag. As one of the old ladies wobbled passed by me on her way off the bus she said with her British accent, "boy you are loaded". "Yep" I replied. As she stepped off the bus she turned to me and said "You need a donkey". I laughed and thought, boy if I had only listened to the unction I would not be feeling so small right now.

When I got off the bus I made sure to get off in a location that was close the apartment but away from the crowd. Even still, as I was walking down the sidewalk people who were headed in my direction stepped off the sidewalk and just starred. As they made space on the sidewalk for the 'grocery man' I thought boy if had only listened to the unction I would not be feeling so small right now.

Praise God I made it, nothing missing and nothing broken. I did learn a lesson OBEY THE UNCTION FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD. We know that God knows what is best, but perhaps you might be like me and think you know what looks best or what will work the best. God knows best so just obey and save yourself some embarrassments and some dumb moments.