This past Sunday we were in a small church with no more then 15 members. They sang along with the lone keybord and the worn song books. My team mates and I all shared something and sang a song. The pastor preached a message on Grace. We sang some more and the service was over. It was the second church service we had gone to that day, it was very hot and I was wearing jeans, needless to say I was ready to be home in shorts and a tee-shirt next to a fan.
On our way out of the church we were stopped by a lady from the congregation. Our contact began to inturpret what she was saying. She said +/- 5yrs ago she had attended a womens confrence and there had been this American lady. At this point I’m about to shut off because I feel so gross and I am so sure she is going to ask if we know this lady and really why would I know her? I don’t live in America. But for whatever reason I continue to listen. She says this American lady had asked everyone to write their prayer requests down on paper and that she was going to pray for them. At the time the Ukrainian ladie’s son-in-law was a drug addict and just doing lots of bad things so she wrote this down as her prayer request. And now all these years later he is a Godly man actively serving in the church and taking good care of his family. So she smiled and looked at each of us and said so see your prayers for all those people all over the world help even if you never get to see them answered God hears them, so thank you.
I was blown away and so ashamed at my selfishness. Here was a lady who was just wanting to encourage us and I was so caught up in my own discomfort that in my mind there was no possibility that she had anything more important to say. Boy was I wrong, and so so so glade God wispered in my ear to “listen” because not only was I extremly encouraged I also had to take time to repent and reflect on my own heart. I was reminded of just how human I am and that we need God in every little situation.
