Yeah, I know I haven't been around for a while. Sorry about that. I'll try to do better. But I just had to make a quick post and leave this. A bit of food for thought during the upcoming Holiday Season and throughout the coming year.
This was sent to me in an email from my sister. Yes, this is one of "those" emails, but the story was so touching I could not help but to get teary eyed. I had to share.....
Psalm 55:22 ---
You really need to read this.
'Friends are God's way of taking care of us.'
This was written by a Metro Denver Hospice Physician:
I was driving home from a meeting this evening
about 5pm, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd. , and the car started to choke and
splutter and die - I barely managed to coast, cursing, into a gas station,
glad only that I would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat warm
spot to wait for the tow truck. It wouldn't even turn over. Before I
could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the 'quickie mart'
building and it looked like she slipped on some ice and fell into a Gas pump, so I got
out to see if she was ; ; ;okay.
When I got there, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than
that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked really haggard with
dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I
picked it up to give it to her. It was a nickel.
At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the
ancient Suburban crammed full of stuff with 3 kids in the back (1 in a car
seat), and the gas pump reading $4.95.
I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept
saying 'don't want my kids to see me crying,' so we stood on the other side
of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California and that
things were very hard for her right now. So I asked, 'And you were praying?'
That made her back awa y fr om me a little, but I assured her I was not a
crazy person and said, 'He heard you, and He sent me.'
I took out my card and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so
she could fill up her car completely, and while it was fueling, walked to
the next door McDonald's and bought 2 big bags of food, some gift
certificates for more, and a big cup of coffee. She gave the food to the
kids in the car, who attacked it like wolves, and we stood by the pump
eating fries and talking a little.
She told me her name, and that she lived in Kansas City Her boyfriend left
2 months ago and she had not been able to make ends meet. She knew she
wouldn't have money to pay rent Jan 1, and finally in desperation had
finally called her parents, wi th whom she had not spoken in about 5 years.
They lived in California and said she could come live with them and try to
get on her feet there.
So she packed up everything she owned in the car. She told the kids they
were going to California for Christmas, but not that they were going to live there.
I gave her my gloves, a little hug and said a quick prayer with her for
safety on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said, 'So, are you
like an angel or something?'
This definitely made me cry. I said, 'Sweetie, at this time of year angels
are really busy, so sometimes God uses regular people.'
It was so incredible to be a part of someone else's miracle. And of
course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got
me home with no problem. I'll put it in th e shop tomorrow to check, but I
suspect the mechanic won't find anything wrong
Sometimes the angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter
of their wings...
Psalms 55:22 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. He
shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.'
My instructions were to pick four people that I wanted God to bless,
especially for the months in 2009 , and I picked you.
Please pass this to four people you want to be blessed and a copy back to me.
Here is the prayer:
'Father, I ask You to bless my children, grandchildren, friends, relatives
and email buddies reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of your
love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask you to minister to their spirit this very
moment. Where there is pain, give them your peace and mercy. Where there is
self doubt, release a renewed confidence through your grace,
In Jesus’ precious name.
Amen.'
I know I picked more than four -- you can, too.
Much Love to you all. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Monica
He was more than happy to model for me. He looks so grown. I told him he looks like a business man so now he says he needs a briefcase..heehee.
Every time I have my camera out he wants to take a picture. Since I've gotten my Rebel it has been a STRICT rule...'You DON'T touch Mommy's camera!!' But for some reason I was feeling nice that morning. So I let him take one of me.
