Saturday, August 29, 2009

God works in small ways

Do not underestimate God....God works in small ways and the opportunities fall right before your eyes... Don't miss the opportunities God is giving you.
I've been seeing how God is working if I am willing to listen and take the opportunities he lays before me. I also see how quickly I can pass up these opportunities, and how easy it is to just leave it behind me, and think someone else will do it, or it's not that important.
1---One story is long overdue...
It was my last week at camp, and I was checking in on my girls who had to use the restroom. Well, it took them longer than I wanted, so i ended up walking in the bathroom...to only find another girl sitting on the floor. Wondering why she wasn't in her group, I thought something might be wrong. I asked if she was ok, and she answered yes, and ran into the stall. I later realized something was up.
Thankfully, I had another counselor taking over my group, so i took the opportunity to sit and talk with her.
The week was spent talking about Christ and his death, and her group got into a huge discussion of death and heaven. She needed some encouragement about what happened after death here on earth. It was pretty cool how God worked it out. I could have left the bathroom and made her go back to her group...that was the easy thing to do. But instead I took 10 minutes to talk and pray with her.
2----The next story is sad, but God works in mighty ways.
A special friend needed my prayers today. It's only been the last week, that I've driven by her mom's house. I even turned around the other day; intentionally to drive past this home and pray. It was then that I thought God must be telling me something if I had to turn around and go the looong way home. I quickly came home and wrote a note...sending it the next day, praying for God to use it in a mighty way. It arrived the day her husband passed away. Thank you God, for letting me hear your small voice, and encourage others.
3----A third story is one that I'm still working on hearing God's voice in how to respond to the hurt. But I've had to re-check my attitude many times, on how I talk to my dad. He's been struggling through depressing the last week, and though I don't fully understand, God is working and long walks with my Mom is helping me understand how to encourage and pray.

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