God's Timing

I have been encouraged this week with what God is doing here. We (our staff) have been having some divine conversations with people our staff has been praying for. It's funny how only during God's timing will He move. He is sovereign! My friend, who just got out of jail a couple weeks ago, has been walking the streets. This is someone who struggles with the life of prostitution and addiction. I wrote her in jail, but she never responded. We prayed for her while she was in and have committed her to the Lord. As you could imagine the first time I saw her back on the streets, I wanted to run up to her and give her a big hug and talk to her. This wasn't the case however. I felt the Lord saying, "wait." So I did. I saw her a couple more times, and it was still the same quiet voice, "wait." So I did. Then came Thursday Night Mic Night. I wasn't supposed to go to the cafe until later on that evening. For "some reason" I ended up going earlier. Wouldn't you know my friend was the very first person I saw sitting on one of the couches.

Without going into a various amount of details, my friend and I had a conversation for about 30 minutes. We talked about God, where she was in her life, that she was seeking help, and that instead of being on the streets, she was now living with a friend. Though there were still some very hard things to hear her say, and though I know she still has many, many issues to work through, I know God has His hand on her. All this being said, it makes me wonder if I would have talked to her those couple times on the streets, would she have opened up the same. I don't think she would have. I think God's precise timing and location in which I finally spoke to my friend was sovereign. Our God is faithful. He wants us to rely on Him fully! I am continuing to learn . . .

Love Deeply