On my ride to work this morning, I noticed something beautiful and precious to God in a run down trailer park.....
Each and everyday workday that I leave the comforts of my nice, beautifully maintained neighborhood, I pass through an area that seems to be a very low income area. Very different from where I grew up and very different from where I now live, very different from the places I would even set foot in. There are a lot of dilapidated houses, trailers with lots of stuff in front of them, it's just a really poor area. We have been challenged by our Pastor to identify things that break our hearts and once those are identified, the challenge follows, what are you going to do about it? So many things break my heart.... I feel like I am doing all I can, but maybe there is more...maybe God is bigger and maybe I have been relying on my limited knowledge instead of trusting God's infinite wisdom...
So with that said, as I drive past this area, I look up and there is a woman stepping out of her trailer, and how I wish I could have left it at just that....A glance...not a tug, not a prompting from the Holy Spirit. The scales fell from my eyes and in that instant and I saw a beautiful woman, a woman God created and loves, a woman that God told me to go to her house and talk with her, invite her to your church, pray with her if she needs it....Once again, God are you serious? I don't know this woman, she doesn't know me, I don't belong in her neighborhood, she might think I am strange, what if someone attacks me, really God.... I want to ignore the prompting, pretend I never saw the lady, take a different route to work............. I want to be obedient. So instead of going a different route I will plan to stop by her house, but what if she doesn't answer, what if she has a dog, what if she won't talk to me, where will I find the time, I mean I am busy, I have to go to work, I have tutoring, I have class to prepare for, and on top of it I have an unexpected dentist visit......I also have a divine appointment, I will be obedient.
I ask God daily to open my eyes, to soften my heart, to speak to me and through me....He gives me what I ask for, and then I want it in a different way....When I got to work this morning, I received the following 'Pecking Orders' from TD Jakes....
WTAL - 52 Days of Pecking Orders - Day 15
In this new season, God will EXPOSE you to brand new things and people. However, do not get caught up in looking at the outside of a person, relationship or situation! These things do not always reflect what is on the inside. Jesus said about the Pharisees that “outside” they were clean, but “inside” they were full of dead men’s bones (Matthew 23:27). Ask God for His wisdom and KNOWLEDGE as you navigate new territory and people!
Confirmation.
Thank you Lord for your word and your patience and infinite wisdom. In all things it is my desire to glorify your name!
You know, I used to wonder about the promptings of the Holy Spirit and question how they would turn out, but each and every time I was blessed beyond belief by my obedience. I wish I could say that I no longer wonder and get nervous, but that would not be true. What I will say though is that I no longer hesitate and I am always blown away by the way He has already prepared hearts to receive what I have to offer. You go girl and you will be blessed! <3
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