I wanted to share something with you all really quickly that I thought was really neat. My friend Laura and I had been talking about the different ways God uses us. We'd talked about how when someone gets older or becomes disabled they often feel that God can't use them anymore. (She and I both worked with the elderly and disabled) We talked about how we both have felt pretty useless to God at times and the ways we'd discovered that God could still use people no matter how sick or disabled people got. (Such as no matter how sick someone is, they can still be a prayer warrior etc)
Anyway, last night, Bruce and I went out to vote and met a friend of his that he used to work with a few years ago. He'd told me a lot about this guy as he really liked him, but I'd never met him, so Bruce introduced us. What really took me by surprised was what the man said after the introduction. He said, "I remember, you assured us that your wife always prayed for our protection every day!" You could have knocked me over with a feather
Seriously though, I felt very humbled as this young man was clearly appreciative of my prayers, and I hadn't even been aware that anyone other then Bruce was aware of them!
I realize this may not sound strange to some, but my husband works construction, and in that kind of environment, God is normally only mentioned when the guys are cursing. And the way this came across in the conversation made it pretty obvious that when this was said, they guys were talking about God and how He's reflected in their lives. The memory probably surfaced because their old boss was also there and they'd both been talking to him previously. He's a strong Christian man and not at all ashamed of it, praise God!
Back to the point though. It really made me realize how even things that we consider "little things" like praying for others, can actually have a pretty big impact on other people's lives. It also made me even more determined to increase or better my prayer life, which is something I've been working on for quite awhile anyway. So for me this was confirmation from the Lord that I was doing His will, that He was making use of me and had been for quite awhile, and I was very appreciative of it.
Has the Lord shown you something like this? I'd love to hear other people's stories about things like this too!
Anyway, last night, Bruce and I went out to vote and met a friend of his that he used to work with a few years ago. He'd told me a lot about this guy as he really liked him, but I'd never met him, so Bruce introduced us. What really took me by surprised was what the man said after the introduction. He said, "I remember, you assured us that your wife always prayed for our protection every day!" You could have knocked me over with a feather
Seriously though, I felt very humbled as this young man was clearly appreciative of my prayers, and I hadn't even been aware that anyone other then Bruce was aware of them! I realize this may not sound strange to some, but my husband works construction, and in that kind of environment, God is normally only mentioned when the guys are cursing. And the way this came across in the conversation made it pretty obvious that when this was said, they guys were talking about God and how He's reflected in their lives. The memory probably surfaced because their old boss was also there and they'd both been talking to him previously. He's a strong Christian man and not at all ashamed of it, praise God!
Back to the point though. It really made me realize how even things that we consider "little things" like praying for others, can actually have a pretty big impact on other people's lives. It also made me even more determined to increase or better my prayer life, which is something I've been working on for quite awhile anyway. So for me this was confirmation from the Lord that I was doing His will, that He was making use of me and had been for quite awhile, and I was very appreciative of it.
Has the Lord shown you something like this? I'd love to hear other people's stories about things like this too!
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