The Eye of Kris

Here's some incredible news to kick off the new year.

There's a certain guy (I'll withhold his name) who I had worked with for nearly seven years up until our company was acquired. He was a nice guy, but not a "church" guy, if you know what I mean. I had invited him to come to Cornerstone many times over the years, and he said several times that he would, but never did.

In the year or so before the acquisition, he was in a downward spiral of depression, and it affected his work a lot, and many of us (his co-workers) were concerned for him personally. When the acquisition closed, he was in a small group of people who were severed from the company for performance reasons.

After that, he pretty much disappeared, and most of us feared the worst. But one day, out of the blue, he called me. He wanted to let me know that he had hit bottom and come back, and he was getting his life on track again. He had quit drinking, and "a lot of other things", and he was doing well and holding a job in another city. But it gets better...

This past Sunday, I ran into him at church! He was there with his mom, and told me that she had wanted to come to church that morning, and he said "I'll go with you if you'll go up to Kris' church." I was so glad to see him there I barely knew what to say. He told me I had planted a seed a long time ago, and it just took a while to produce, but it was there.

He called me later this week, and told me that he really enjoyed it and planned to show up earlier this coming Sunday so he could sit closer to the front. There are no words to describe how excited I was to hear that. If my eight years at this company came down to nothing more than I planted that seed and affected his life, then I would consider that a huge success.

Praise God! This is going to be a great year!