I
never knew how much power a single rose would have until the night a stranger
walked up and presented one to me and then walked off. It happened while we
were still in Kiev, Ukraine on the last worship night.
My
teammate Cat and I were just coming back from our last team dinner when the
rose was presented. Instantly, it brought a confused look on my face, but then
quickly turned into a smile. I felt so special and loved. I kept praising God
and thanking him for this little gift.
In
the middle of my thanking and praising, God spoke to me and said to pass on the
love. This little rose brought me so much happiness and instead of taking it
home with me, I was being asked to give it away for someone else to enjoy.
I
told him that he would have to tell me who I should give it to, and I anxiously
looked and waited as we stepped closer and closer to the hostel we were staying
at. A few woman walked by, but I knew it wasn’t them. And then I seen her in
the distance, she was an older looking woman sitting alone. She was on a bench
in park with a couple of bags that sat beside her.
Presenting
the rose felt weird at first, but I knew she was the one. As I approached her I
held the rose out. She looked at me very confused, pushed the rose away, and
said something I couldn’t understand. I placed it into her hands and just
walked away. I wanted to see her face, but just kept walking straight ahead.
Cat, however, looked back and reported that the woman had a smile on her face
stretching from ear to ear.
I
don’t know what the day was like for this woman and how much this rose meant to
her, but God did. God sees, hears, and knows everything. Sometimes we are asked
to do things that we don’t quit understand, but God has a plan for everything
and is looking for people to be used by him. To be used to spread his love.
