A couple of years ago a girlfriend of mine spoke at a ladies night. She gave her testimony, told some hilarious family stories and ended with one piece of advice that she was given that she wanted to share with all of us. Her advice seemed so simple but it spoke so much to me and since that night has been a whisper in my ear when my own human doubts creep in.
Her advice..."When you feel those words from God, when you hear Him telling you do something don't doubt it, don't hush it, don't talk yourself out of it. Just do it." These words have stuck with me and I have tried, sometimes failed, to act when I hear or feel God nudging me to be His hands and feet.
This week I stumbled upon a recipe and randomly my first thought was "I should make this for my neighbor." My neighbor has been sick so it wasn't such a far fetched idea. My human self said things like "what if she is allergic to nuts?", "what if she is sick from chemo?", "she doesn't know I am making this what if she isn't even home?" but louder than my doubts were the words of my girlfriend, so I loaded Wells up and off to Kroger we went. I got my produce and passed the florals, as I passed I saw the most happy sunflowers. It was almost like they saw me too, "buy me, buy me" they petitioned. In my cart they went.
That afternoon Brian and Meritt took her husband the goodies. I honestly hadn't thought much more about it until yesterday when my neighbor walked over to our backyard. She looked great and was feeling great which made us so happy. Her words though, they confirmed what my girlfriend had told us that night a many moons ago. You see my neighbor told me that friends were bringing them dinner the night that we delivered the berry crisp and flowers. She told me that she had a brownie mix that she was going to make but hadn't yet made it. Then she told me that day that she kept thinking as soon as her husband got home from work she needed him to take her to get flowers for the table. Before they could leave for the store Brian and Meritt had delivered our goodies. Obviously I had no clue that she was having company and I definitely didn't know what things she needed...but God, He did!
The things I did were not extraordinary, the things I did really weren't even my idea. They were God's. Thankful for the great advice my friend, Chantel, shared 2 years ago otherwise my human nature may have gotten in the way of being the hands and feet of Jesus. I challenge you to listen and act on what God is telling you to do. The results can be great and even better glorify Him!
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