G-d has shown up in so many loving, personal ways today,
from blogposts to Shepherd’s pie.
A
caring friend called and we chatted for quite a while. In the course of our conversation she mentioned
the same Christian counselor whose name has been recommended to me recently , numerous
times, in random situations, from dear friends and from people I barely
know.
So I called.
I began
a word document of women’s retreat information for our meeting tonight and as I
was almost done, feeling a bit overwhelmed, I opened my email to find this:
Which reminded me of two very important things.
#1 – PRAY - Have we really prayed about having this retreat?
#2 – ACT – if G-d is in it, the speaker, facility, attendees,
every detail down to the ice breakers will all fall into place whether we have
14 months or four months to plan.
So
CALM DOWN AND LET G-D BE G-D!
I had minor surgery last week and
if you haven’t learned this life lesson let me enlighten you. Church friends feed you well! All weekend sitting on the sofa like a slug,
my foot looking like the return of the mummy, I longed for a chocolate chip
cookie but I couldn’t ask. That would be
so selfish. So G-d asked for me,
delivering them to my door in the arms of a precious friend who, let me tell
you, knows how to pamper a girl! After that another awesome friend showed up
with my favorite comfort food in the whole wide world…. Shepherd’s Pie! This is
not one of my family’s favorites so I don’t make it often but today G-d knew...
I needed to feel the LOVE!
Back to the computer to open
another email sent from my Heavenly Father, (ok, G-d doesn’t really have an
email address but today I was starting to wonder).
Today’s email brought a request
to man the book table for a well-known speaker at a women’s conference. The funny thing is when I first received the
flyer about this conference I glared at my husband and commented on the fact
that I know many of these speakers personally, have attended training
conferences with them in the past few years.
How come my name isn’t on here?
The reality is that there are a lot of reasons for that, the primary one
being that G-d doesn’t want my name there… yet.
And today I was thrilled to be asked to come alongside one of these
speakers and hold up her arms.
How personal is your G-d? Do you believe He cares about the little
things? I know Christians who pray for
parking spots and I know others who believe G-d’s parenting style is a bit more
hands off. Either way time in the
trenches has taught me that G-d is there, when I need Him and when I think I don't.
And I love that He gives me Shepherd’s pie
and chocolate chip cookies!
