I've decided to share something that occured in my life, that still leaves me scratching my head, and if it didn't happen to me, I might struggle to believe someone telling me it happened to them.
I was going through a particularly difficult time in my life, in the January of 2006. Early in the month I went to Target and bought myself a pair of shoes. I'll try and post a pic of them. As I was leaving the store, I thought to myself, I should buy a pair for my sister. At the time we were living in Ventura county, California and she was living in Lima, NY.
Well, a couple of weeks later, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself and decided I was going to get out and took myself to a local restaurant for breakfast. Which, didn't really help. I was on my way back home, just driving past the Target, when I heard the Lord say, in my thoughts, gently, why don't you get those shoes for your sister. I almost didn't, but turned in at the second entrance. I went in and spent all kinds of time, looking at nothing in particular. I bought her a purse and the same exact shoes I'd gotten for myself.
As I was leaving the store, I went into a checkout line that was just opening. The woman said she liked the shoes I was purchasing, and I showed her that I was wearing the same one's and was sending these to my sister. She then told me that she almost didn't come in that day. I asked her why and she said, she almost died four years earlier and she had to be careful not to push herself too hard. I asked her if I could pray for her, and she started crying and said that she also prayed for people and I prayed for her and we gave each other a hug. This was highly unusual for me. As I was walking out, I thought to myself. Lord, you know just when I'm going to be certain place, and what I'll say, and I was glad to be right on time for that precious woman.
Anyway, little did I know the lesson I was about to get on "timing". As I was driving out of the parking lot, I heard Him say, why don't you just go and mail it on the way home. I was still not too much in the mood, but I stopped by the Mail Boxes Etc. and started to package up the things to send. I wrote a little note and put it in. The note said something like, Dear Di, this is for no particular reason at all, just because I love you. I dated the note, January 18th, and then went and mailed it, walked out with the receipt in my purse and lifted up a quick prayer like, Jesus, please get it there safe.
Meanwhile, on January 18th, in Lima, NY, my sister, who was the Librarian at a local Christian school was responsible for morning devotions. Her topic was, how God does things for no particular reason, except that He loves us. After she was done, she went into the library and felt the Holy Spirit tell her, to go home for lunch, He had something for her.
So, she didn't know what it was, but headed home and noticed a parcel left on her front porch. This was unusual in itself, because the Post office doesn't do this, they put a notice in your mailbox. Anyway, she went in and opened it up. It was my package, and it was on her doorstep at 11:45am, January 18th, 2006. She opened it up and read the note and noticed it was just like what she shared that morning. She also noticed the date I'd written, January 18th and thought I'd glitched and just wrote the wrong date. Ethan, her youngest son, wore the shoes later in the afternoon, when they went to the grocery store and got them wet, during his purchase of Skittles.
Diane wondered about the date. Me, I had no idea and I didn't want to ruin the surprise. I called the next day and my sister was at JoAnn fabrics and had the receipt and was wearing the shoes then. I didn't know, her hubby just told me she was at the fabric store.
So finally a few days later, when I thought the package would have arrived I called and Diane said, I think something very strange may have happened with this package. I said what? She asked when I sent it, and so I went and got the reciepts and saw I left the Target at 12:30pm and mailed the package around 1:30pm, January 18th. She said, NO WAY! I said what, again. She told her her story and we began to laugh, and laugh, because it's just that impossible. The package was on her doorstep, at 11:45am EST, which is 8:45am PST. I was still eating breakfast at that time. The shoes got there, before I bought them. WHAT???????
We had all the evidence, before our eyes, we had eye witnesses, and still your mind can't grasp how that can happen, because, it literally can't humanly speaking.
But, never, ever forget, that God does things for no particular reason sometimes, just because He loves us.
One closing thought. My sister remarked, after we finished laughing and I told her about my side of the story. What if, when you hugged that woman and prayed for her, God healed her four years ago?
What if?
I was going through a particularly difficult time in my life, in the January of 2006. Early in the month I went to Target and bought myself a pair of shoes. I'll try and post a pic of them. As I was leaving the store, I thought to myself, I should buy a pair for my sister. At the time we were living in Ventura county, California and she was living in Lima, NY.
Well, a couple of weeks later, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself and decided I was going to get out and took myself to a local restaurant for breakfast. Which, didn't really help. I was on my way back home, just driving past the Target, when I heard the Lord say, in my thoughts, gently, why don't you get those shoes for your sister. I almost didn't, but turned in at the second entrance. I went in and spent all kinds of time, looking at nothing in particular. I bought her a purse and the same exact shoes I'd gotten for myself.
As I was leaving the store, I went into a checkout line that was just opening. The woman said she liked the shoes I was purchasing, and I showed her that I was wearing the same one's and was sending these to my sister. She then told me that she almost didn't come in that day. I asked her why and she said, she almost died four years earlier and she had to be careful not to push herself too hard. I asked her if I could pray for her, and she started crying and said that she also prayed for people and I prayed for her and we gave each other a hug. This was highly unusual for me. As I was walking out, I thought to myself. Lord, you know just when I'm going to be certain place, and what I'll say, and I was glad to be right on time for that precious woman.
Anyway, little did I know the lesson I was about to get on "timing". As I was driving out of the parking lot, I heard Him say, why don't you just go and mail it on the way home. I was still not too much in the mood, but I stopped by the Mail Boxes Etc. and started to package up the things to send. I wrote a little note and put it in. The note said something like, Dear Di, this is for no particular reason at all, just because I love you. I dated the note, January 18th, and then went and mailed it, walked out with the receipt in my purse and lifted up a quick prayer like, Jesus, please get it there safe.
Meanwhile, on January 18th, in Lima, NY, my sister, who was the Librarian at a local Christian school was responsible for morning devotions. Her topic was, how God does things for no particular reason, except that He loves us. After she was done, she went into the library and felt the Holy Spirit tell her, to go home for lunch, He had something for her.
So, she didn't know what it was, but headed home and noticed a parcel left on her front porch. This was unusual in itself, because the Post office doesn't do this, they put a notice in your mailbox. Anyway, she went in and opened it up. It was my package, and it was on her doorstep at 11:45am, January 18th, 2006. She opened it up and read the note and noticed it was just like what she shared that morning. She also noticed the date I'd written, January 18th and thought I'd glitched and just wrote the wrong date. Ethan, her youngest son, wore the shoes later in the afternoon, when they went to the grocery store and got them wet, during his purchase of Skittles.
Diane wondered about the date. Me, I had no idea and I didn't want to ruin the surprise. I called the next day and my sister was at JoAnn fabrics and had the receipt and was wearing the shoes then. I didn't know, her hubby just told me she was at the fabric store.
So finally a few days later, when I thought the package would have arrived I called and Diane said, I think something very strange may have happened with this package. I said what? She asked when I sent it, and so I went and got the reciepts and saw I left the Target at 12:30pm and mailed the package around 1:30pm, January 18th. She said, NO WAY! I said what, again. She told her her story and we began to laugh, and laugh, because it's just that impossible. The package was on her doorstep, at 11:45am EST, which is 8:45am PST. I was still eating breakfast at that time. The shoes got there, before I bought them. WHAT???????
We had all the evidence, before our eyes, we had eye witnesses, and still your mind can't grasp how that can happen, because, it literally can't humanly speaking.
But, never, ever forget, that God does things for no particular reason sometimes, just because He loves us.
One closing thought. My sister remarked, after we finished laughing and I told her about my side of the story. What if, when you hugged that woman and prayed for her, God healed her four years ago?
What if?
Maureen,
ReplyDeleteThat is a fabulous story! What an amazing God and I'm so glad that you shared it.
Lisa P
Amos 9, 13 mind blowing
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