Sovereign

I went to Walmart today, to buy a watch battery and a few other random things. 

As I was leaving, I saw a woman with a sort of blank stare on her face, walking in carrying her child, who looked around 3 or 4 years old. I immediately felt God prompting me to ask this woman if she was okay. But, I just kept walking to my car and watched her walk through the doors into the store.

At this point, as I'm getting into my car, I had a little discussion with myself.

I thought, “Well, I’m already at my car. Maybe I'll just pray for her as I'm on my way out of here....

or God, maybe you could send someone else to talk to her?”

I started my car.

I couldn't shake it. I couldn't drive away.

I turned the car off.

I knew I had to go back in.

So I got out of my car and right back into Walmart.  I looked for about 3 minutes, walked all around the entire store looking for her, and finally found her in the cold medicine aisle.

I walked over, said hello, and told her I saw her walk into the store, and had to come find her because I felt like God wanted me to ask her if she was okay.  She said she actually wasn’t feeling well, and that her daughter didn’t feel well either, and that it had been a stressful week. I asked her name (it’s Kimberly) and asked if I could pray for her, and she said she would love it if I would.

So I did.

I prayed for her right there.

In the medicine aisle.

In the middle of Walmart.

She cried a little.

I cried a little, too.

It was a sweet moment.

When I finished praying, she told me her husband’s grandfather had just passed away so he had to go out of town, and she was stressed about it. She was thankful for the prayer and needed it.

She asked me where I was from and I told her I just moved from Oklahoma City.
She said she used to go to school at Hillsdale Bible College in Moore. I told her I have actually played a show there!

Then she said she and her husband have some friends that still live in Okc, who own a coffee catering business...called Café Evoke!!!(shout-out to my Okc peeps!)

How crazy is that?!

I go to Walmart for a few things today, and end up meeting someone who has friends near my hometown, and they are friends with some of my friends!

God knew she needed prayer today. He knew she needed to be encouraged.

And He picked me for the job.

Who would have guessed that she used to live in Moore, Oklahoma?

I definitely didn’t know what to expect when I walked over to talk to her, but God knew.

That was more than obvious.

It’s amazing how BIG He is. How vast the expanse of His knowledge and wisdom.

And, at the same time, He is so intimately involved in every aspect of our lives.

He wants us to know that He sees us, knows us, and cares enough to interrupt our day to show us He is in control and He is good.

Oh, how He loves us!

God not only showed me today how much He loves Kimberly and her family, but He reminded me how much He loves me, how sovereign He is, and how much FUN it is to know Him and serve Him in obedience!

I am so amazed by Jesus and His heart for us.

We are messy, broken people, tangled up in ourselves.

He is so good to come and save us from us.

Over, and over, and over again.

His Love NEVER FAILS!