Revealed… at just the right time
Yesterday, four years after Ashlynn’s birth and death, I learned that someone was praying for me the night she died. The woman didn’t know me at the time. She was praying for me and my daughter because she happened to be awaiting the birth of her granddaughter while a group of my friends, one whom she knew from years earlier, were in the same waiting room and shared my situation with her.
Not only did she not know me then, but she also couldn’t have imagined that her own son would die just five months later and that I would chase her down in a parking lot to pray over her after a support meeting where we’d just met. Racing across the parking lot to pray with a stranger was completely out of character for me, but I felt a passion that night to lift her in prayer. We’ve had a special connection ever since that night in the parking lot, yet never knew that she had prayed for me months earlier. Now, at the perfect time, she discovered it was me she prayed for in the hospital that night as she was waiting for her granddaughter’s arrival.
God revealed the details to me in His perfect timing. It amazes me how He works. God’s ways seem mysterious, yet He’s real. He’s the ruler over all, yet attentive to each one of His children. He has all understanding, yet gives us glimpses of His wisdom at just the right time. He has a plan unknown to us, yet uses us to accomplish His good plans. I delight in the knowing that He has knowledge, purpose, and power over all things and it excites me when He shows His hand in my circumstances.
At a time when my church family is hurting, confused and looking for answers, God again revealed to me how He works. It may not be visible to us, but He’s always at work and we’re assured that good will come from all things for those who love Him and are called to His purposes. Four years later, I have a snapshot of how He wove two lives together in prayer, unbeknownst to either of us. Perhaps one day, we’ll have a better understanding of the difficult situations in our lives. In the meantime, let’s trust that He’s got it all under control!
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10
God makes happy endings. If it’s not happy… it’s not the end….