The Owner's Son

I know I share a lot of stories about the Market Street grocery store, but this one is really good and it needs to be told. You may or may not know that Market Street is a family owned; Texas based company with the home offices in both Lubbock and Frisco. The owners are Christian people who have built their company to serve others and oh by the way sell groceries to as many people as possible. One of the keys to their success is customer service. As a matter of fact, I believe that customer service is their number one key to their success.

Recently, the son of the owner has come to work in the McKinney Market Street store. He is there to learn every aspect of the business. Before he leaves he will have worked in most of the departments. He is getting to know the business from the ground up.

The other day, he was working alone in a department at the end of the day. He was told that if he needed anything he could ask Mary (my wife) and she would help him. Well it wasn’t to long until he knocked on Mary’s door and needed help with a customer. The customer was requesting a service that Market Street normally does not provide. Long story short, Mary and the owner’s son worked together to meet this special request and satisfy the customer.

The lady was very appreciative of their extra effort and then she made this comment to my wife, “someone should give that young man a raise, he has been wonderful to help me”. Mary told her that she was sure that he would get a raise some day. When I heard this story my thought was, “yes, he is a hard worker, if he keeps it up he might own the whole company some day.”

The owner’s son reminds me that over 2000 years ago God, the creator of the universe sent His only Son to live among us (John 1). He walked among the very people that he helped to create. He walked on the sea shore and with each step on the sand he could tell you how many grains of sand were under his feet. Jesus came to earth and “learned the business” from the ground up. He saw with his two eyes full spectrum of the human spirit. He witnessed joy and happiness at a wedding. He experienced deep sadness and grief when his good friend died. He saw satisfaction in the eyes of the masses when their hungry stomachs were full of fish and bread. He saw the look of hope when he treated the woman at the well with compassion and grace. He also saw the look of anger and hate as seemingly religious men called for his death on a cross.

During his short time on earth Jesus saw it all, but more importantly the people of his creation saw him. The people were able to see God in the flesh walking among them. We got to see in a real way the very nature of God. And the good news is despite everything Jesus saw in the lives of people he still loves us. He saw us at our best and our worst. He knows our deepest thoughts and fears. He knows about our greatest moments of victory and he knows about all the times we have felt defeated. Jesus knows it all and the best part is He still loves you and me and He still says come to me all of you who are weak and struggling and I will give you rest.

Father God, thank you for sending your Son to walk among us. We pray that we were worth the trip.

Love God. Go Love Others.