'So I drive like a grandpa and one day I was driving and the Lord told me that the next cop that pulls me over is going to need prayer. I'm thinkin in my head, "Lord, do I need to start swerving every time I see one cause otherwise I'm never gonna get pulled over?" I remember feeling his all knowing smile. I had completely forgotten this until my drive home from visiting some friends about 2 hours away.
My sister asked me to drive. Now my car broke down and my sister never asks me to drive so lookin back I probably wouldn't have driven again before leaving. So we get into town and I see Him on the side of the road and I knew instantly that He was gonna pull me over. Granted I'm doing absolutely nothing wrong but even going a mile or two under the speed limit. I see him pull onto the freeway and then about another minute went by before he was close. I got over because my exit was coming up and he actually was starting to pass me. I was getting ready to take the exit and I heard Papa say, "Don't you dare!"
So I stayed on and before he had completely passed me, he started to slow down. I started to get nervous and I felt the Lord ask me why I was nervous and I thought something like," I don't know aren't you supposed to get nervous when cops pull you over?" As the police car pulled behind me and turned on his lights, peace washed over me along with adrenaline?!? Sounds like a weird combo, right? It centered my focus and I started to get really amped up! He comes to the door and I hear the customary, "License and registration". After handing it to him he says I pulled you over because your registration's expired. What? That was a new one for me! Never even heard of it. For once I am thankful that they can find any loop whole they want to pull you over!
He is gone for a few minutes that would have usually been agonizing, but that I took as a time to start praying. When he came back, he handed my sister the ticket and told her how she could get it taken away if she jumped through a couple hoops. As he was about to leave, I looked over and said, "Can I be honest with you?" Now I don't know what he was thinking exactly but I can guarantee you that the next words that came out of my mouth were completely unexpected. You could see his demeanor change. He made a face like, "here it comes". I said," I love Jesus and for the past few months He has been telling me that the next cop that pulls me over needs me to pray for him." Hahahaha! Kodak moment! I continued, "Is it ok if I pray for you?" He said yes! I asked him if this was ringing a bell and if he had a request. He said that nothing came to mind except being out on the streets all the time. That was it! I knew it instantly! I asked him if I could hold his hand!?! He let me and then the Lord took control of my mouth to pray protection over this guy. It felt like a was looking in on it from the peanut gallery but couldn't form words to comment with cause my mouth was being used at the moment. I know he got rocked by the presence of the Lord. You could see it all over him! He said thank you and walked back to his car pretty slowly. I will probably never see this man again, but I know that he is forever changed!
