Today marks the fourth week that I've been sick. Needless to say I'm not a happy camper. And yet I wonder if God has allowed me to stay sick so that I have no energy to do life as usual? Instead I have enough energy to think and nap and if I'm really lucky, do the dishes. Mostly I've had time for God encounters. I've been able to see Him in ways that most likely would have never happened with a healthy body. So I'm choosing to be thankful tonight.
I think everyday God wants to share with us his will. But I also think most days we are too busy to hear his will. I love that a random thing can happen and after thinking about it, we realize that it was God. Take for instance Stacy's encounter with an old friend today.
While getting milk at the farm tonight Stacy ran into a guy with whom he did bible study 15 years ago. They hadn't spoken in years and yet tonight they both were getting milk for their families at the farm. (I should mention that we haven't gone to that farm to get milk in almost a year.) As they started talking about how we've settled in and where we were going to church "Bob" mentions that he and his wife are getting ready to go to the Philippines to bring 4 children home. Their oldest child is 25 and the youngest at the house is 13. And now in a couple months they will have 4 more...through adoption.
He goes on to say that he has grandchildren and has worked at his job for 25 years. He wonders when the next phase in life will start and when they'll stop bringing home children. Stacy guesses he's close to 50....much older than us. (The italics is sarcasm. We are 44 and 45. 50 used to seem OLD, but not anymore!)
The men get their milk and go their separate ways. Stacy gets in his truck and dials my number. "You aren't going to believe who I just ran into...."
Coincidence or a God ordained encounter? What do you think?
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