I just got back in from walking through downtown Charleston. I keep hoping to find Jimmy so I can talk to him more about his daughter in hopes of helping him find her, but he hasn't been in the place that we originally met. I ended up walking 2 miles through downtown to a park on the harbor. I went out searching for someone to talk to and hopefully have dinner with, but I didn't find anyone in need. I found out today that I didn't get one of the jobs I was waiting to hear back from, so I decided to take spend some time with God at the park. I think God just wanted it to be the two of us tonight, because I'm much more at peace about everything now than I was earlier.
I thought maybe since I had cleared my head that God would put someone in front of me on the way back. I walked for about a mile, then I started feeling low blood sugar coming on. There were a few bars open, but when my blood sugar gets low I get really really hungry. A soda at a bar may've helped me feel better, but my body convinces my mind that I want food. I knew there was a convenience store a few blocks ahead so I kept walking. I continued to feel my blood sugar going lower and lower as I walked. I decided to take precautionary measures and left my phone open with a text that said "I have diabetes and low blood sugar", just in case I didn't make it to the store and someone found me laying on the sidewalk.
I got there safely and bought a snack bar, chocolate milk and apple juice. I'm not sure why I got milk and juice. I love both of them, but I think maybe God was tricking me into being prepared for what was about to happen.
I had eaten the bar and just finished the chocolate milk. I started feeling a little better, and the apple juice just didn't seem appealing after drinking the milk. I decided that maybe God had me buy the apple juice so that I could bless someone with it on the way home. Within the next block Walter made eye contact with me, stuck out his hand, shook mine, and asked if I had any change I could spare him. I told him I didn't have any extra change, but that God had blessed me with an extra apple juice that he could have.
As I handed it to him he said "God bless you". As he started opening it I stood by hoping to strike up a conversation of some sort. I was still not feeling 100%, and I was a little worried that maybe my blood was still in need of some more sugar, but I wanted to go further with the opportunity. I told him I could wait and take it to the trash with me when he was done, but he again said "God bless you" and told me he would take care of it. I was at peace that the conversation was over.
LESSON
Sometimes we think that we need to do everything. We feel that we need to plant the seed, water the seed, sprout the seed, and give the seed nutrients, but God may just want us to do one of those things or a part of one of those things. Maybe tonight was just preparation for another time when I run into Walter. I don't know why my role tonight was so short, but I know that although it may not seem very significant that it was ordained by God, and everything ordained by the Lord is significant.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please pray for Walter. We don't know whether He knows the Lord or not, but we can ask that God provides for his needs. We can also ask God that I would come across Walter again and be able to have a deeper conversation with him. Or maybe Walter just needs us to pray for his heart and his life, and God just had me meet Walter tonight so that we would rise up together in prayer for this man.
Please pray that I continue to fully rely on God (FROG). It was a little disappointing to find out about the job situation, because I think I had already started planning my future as if I already had the job. I'm doing much better now, and I'm really looking forward to what God has planned for me next.
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