Divine Appointment

I was walking to the BP station up the street.

God nudged me to the right and said "Head to Christian Club Coffee House"

I said Good Morning to a stranger - a woman about 60 years old.

She asked me where the bus stop was to go to Warsaw.

I said "It would be heading down that way" and pointed East.

She said she'd been walking around since 5am because her friends told her she had to get out and her ride had already left.

God kept poking me.

I asked where she lived. She told me.

It wasn't far.

I offered her a ride (trying to squelch all the fears and anxieties about riding strangers in your car).

She said she didn't have money to pay me. I told her it was God's car and she didn't need to pay me.

She did a double take.

We headed to my house and she said she had been around the block 3 times and was about to give up. She said God must have sent me to her.

I think God sent her to me.

On the way home she asked if I went to church. I said I did and asked if she did. She said not in a long time. I gave her an outreach card and said she was welcome at my church anytime.

We arrived at her house. God said I should give her the $5 in my pocket and tell her to get some breakfast.

I did.

She wept.

She said "You don't know anything about me."

I said "I know that God loves you."

She hugged me and I heard her mumble "I don't even love myself".

My heart broke.

I hope that she comes to church.

I have been blessed today by a wandering stranger.