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The Lord truly works in miraculous ways!
The day started like any other, though temperatures had dropped the sun was bright and shining, quite dazzling I’d say on this very cold morning. ‘This looks like a good sign’, she sighs as she only sees the weather through her living room window,dressing up she slips into a thin fancy jacket then steps out of the house; the blast of cold wind that greeted her exposed face forces her quickly back indoors, wow! “What was that?”
She picks out a warm sweater and pulls on her jacket again, stubbornly not wanting to lose her ‘chic’!
It is apparent that this weather is one of the deceitful type that plays games on one's psyche, she spoke in gentle soliloquy. “Excuse me?” a man passing by turns in response to what she said as he thought that she was talking to him… she smiles apologetically his way and shakes her head.
She had not slept a wink overnight, her mind had wandered all night, this is the day, in faith she was expectant and believing God to respond to her week- long supplication. She believed.
Well, it wasn’t as if she had received an emphatic response from above but somehow, the calmness that enveloped her was surreal, she had a peace within her spirit about the whole issue that she could not explain though there was still a dull ache and residue of the past pain within.
“Will it all ever go away or will I ever forget?”
So many questions, so much confusion and doubt about how it all started and how things shall unravel and be sorted out …
On her return journey after a very long and tiring day, she could not wait to enter her abode and sanctuary of peace, home!
This seemed an unusually busy evening she observes, as she joined the thronging mass of commuters on the crawling streets, home still seemed such a long way off, all she wanted to do was just get indoors and rest her aching body.
Suddenly her thoughts suddenly returned to the ever present ‘issue –at-hand, this log hanging on her life’s neck, this heavy load that has plagued her sleep and waking moments practically forever(well.., it seemed that long), “still no solution”.
Unexpectedly she stumbles and hits her left toe on a pebble that was lying right in her path which she had not noticed because she was so wrapped up in her thoughts.
‘Ouch! That hurt!’ her winter boot was not the thick heavy type, she had decided to wear one of her more fashionable ones because of her disposition that morning.
‘Wait a minute’ she thinks, isn’t that supposed to mean something, an omen, “a bad one” my left foot or is it the right? But come on girl, you do not believe stuff like that anymore, you are a new creature in Christ now, remember!
Whilst still battling within her about the stone and which foot… she felt a hand on her shoulder from behind as she was about to enter her bus that had just pulled into the bus-stop; she practically spins 360 degrees around to be confronted by an unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar face.
Suddenly she remembers and screams, “Peace”!
It has been such a long time, several years too, this was the only true friend I ever had, this one who unavoidable circumstances had separated us for so long, newly found on the streets, unexpected!
We exchanged pleasantries and crammed in our experiences of the years as we both babbled away trying to give each other news about so many things at once.
Suddenly we both stopped talking having realized how ‘childish’ this was, we busted out in laughter and hugged each other, thinking neither of us was hearing anything because we both were talking so fast and at the same time, I smiled and acknowledged with a nod that I did not mind her speaking first
As usual she only had to speak a few words; she had not changed, like her old self wisdom flowed like honey from her mouth followed by rivers of soothing balm of encouragement… she was gifted!
I swallowed spittle over and over again till my mouth felt uncomfortably dry, I just stood there gazing at her as she spoke like one who was in-the-know about the situation at hand (though she had no inkling whatsoever about my present predicament).
Oh Peace… P-E-A-C-E at last!
Light switches turned on in my head, as out of the darkness that had enveloped me for so long, out shined glaring solutions illuminated by her beautiful words and being.
How awesome, God truly works in miraculous ways!
He speaks ALL the time, if only we can take time to always listen out for HIS voice in situations… all we need do is listen and pay attention.
He speaks through His word, through circumstances and through PEOPLE (Friend or stranger) just like at this very moment.
This mysterious wonder that I had just experienced etched a permanent smile on my face as it radiated and glowed, long after we had parted ways(After exchanging contacts of course!) -I could tell from the friendly looks that I received from other passers-by that it was infectious.
Smiling brightly (albeit looking like a Cheshire cat!), I begin to hum loud and joyously to myself, “Take me to the ROCK that is higher than I”.
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