I was sitting in Sunday School at church last week feeling very overwhelmed with all the complexities of the life we are currently living. I have been struggling with keeping my anxiety and stress to a workable amount. So sitting in Sunday School alone I thought to myself, "I feel so alone right now. I just really wish Devan were here with his arm around me. I feel so calm when Devan touches me."
I didn't pray to God and ask Him to send Devan. I didn't really even think about praying at all. I knew that Devan was upstairs getting his lesson ready for Young Men's so it hadn't really even occurred to me that he could come down. I was just feeling sad and lonely.
Within two minutes Devan came in the room, sat down close to me, and put his arm around me. I kid you not. My own thoughts came back into my mind along with this additional thought: "I hear your thoughts and know the desires of you heart." I knew it was a tender mercy of the Father and I knew that He was telling me He loves me.
God answered my unspoken prayer -- a prayer I didn't even know I was praying. Our God is an awesome God.
I felt God's arm around me today.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
lemon cream pie
Late Father's Day eve -- a Saturday, of course -- Chas and I headed out to Safeway to see what we could find for our father who works so tirelessly for our family and deserves way more than our life allows him. He had mentioned previously that he would love to have a lemon cream pie for Father's Day, but ugh -- I can't cook pies well at all. I've had disastrous results in the past.
But what were the chances that Safeway would be selling a lemon cream pie? I have never seen one there before and it was close to 11 pm on a day when everyone had surely gone to the grocery store for the same reason I had. I was feeling stressed over wanting to just have this one thing he had requested, but knowing I didn't have the energy to make it myself at midnight.
Chas and I bee-lined straight for the bakery and to the refrigerator where they keep the pies and cakes. Sitting all alone in this big fridge was one -- yes, one -- single lemon cream pie. There was literally nothing else in the entire refrigerator. I cried and cried. Chas thought I'd gone crazy (which might be partially true!) so I told him the back story. We both agreed that God had shown us a tender mercy.
Even lemon cream pie isn't too trivial for God.
Chas and I saw God today.
But what were the chances that Safeway would be selling a lemon cream pie? I have never seen one there before and it was close to 11 pm on a day when everyone had surely gone to the grocery store for the same reason I had. I was feeling stressed over wanting to just have this one thing he had requested, but knowing I didn't have the energy to make it myself at midnight.
Chas and I bee-lined straight for the bakery and to the refrigerator where they keep the pies and cakes. Sitting all alone in this big fridge was one -- yes, one -- single lemon cream pie. There was literally nothing else in the entire refrigerator. I cried and cried. Chas thought I'd gone crazy (which might be partially true!) so I told him the back story. We both agreed that God had shown us a tender mercy.
Even lemon cream pie isn't too trivial for God.
Chas and I saw God today.
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