This is a follow up to A day in the Life: Showers, Bars, and English in Thailand. Click to Check it out :0)
I live for divine appointments! They are the things life should be made of! In my life, they happen because I serve a God who answers prayer, and a God who is faithful! (blog to follow).
Conversations with a tag-along.
I needed to use WiFi and my team mate had a date with her English Tutee (lets call her Z) & a girl being tutored by another racer (lets call her A). We both needed a WR buddy to make things happen. Solution…I will tag along, then sit by myself and use wifi while they all talk. On the way back from lunch I sat on the shuttle with A. We go to talking about counseling and I didn’t know how to explain what I do without bringing up the Holy Spirit. I thought A was the one who had been attending Wongen for 3 years and would have been exposed to Christianity and have some frame of reference. Well, as I started talking, I realized that was not the case. But, empowered by the Holy Spirit to share powerful and concise ideas, her heart began to respond to the Holy Spirit. I shared about how the Holy Spirit is the one who does all the work. It is He who heals hearts, and gives revelations that change lives. It is He who shows up and meets with people in their time of need. She asked if I feel pride in myself for helping people through difficulties. No, I responded. I feel humbled to be in the room when God is at work. It is not me, I have nothing to take pride in. It is He who does the work and it is an honor for Him to use me in the lives of people that are so valuable and precious to Him. I told her about how I meet with Jesus face to face and He talks with me (blog to follow).
At the end, she said that as a Buddhist, she never feels her God. He doesn’t speak to her, and cannot offer her any hope. In Buddhism, everything relies on her. She has to do and be certain things, and she has nothing to hold onto in the process. But as I was talking, she could feel God. She could see Him in my face and eyes and hear Him in my voice. The passion and excitement and emotion inside me as we talked showed her that the God I was talking about was different. (I am in awe of God and that He would pour out His Spirit on me in a way the She can feel….blog to follow). She said she wanted to learn more. I told her about the Bible and how it was not just a regular book. It is a book that is alive! It speaks to our hearts and changes us. It causes things to grow inside of us!
Long story short, A’s tutor had built a good relationship over the month and the 2 of them went to get a Bible the next day! I had a small, unexpected roll to play in A’s story…but its God who is faithfully working in her heart…. See ‘Plant, Water, Reap’ .
To read about other divine appointments, read Divine Appointment: Along for the Ride and Divine Appointment: What’s in a Name
