We never dreamed we would be connected to our future
children by shopping in a boutique shop downtown Saline, but that’s what
happened!
My Mom met a friend for coffee and afterwards her friend
wanted to look around in a shop across the street. They struck up a
conversation with the store owner who started talking about her daughter
(Brook). Brook had recently taken in a special needs baby, but had later been
approached by another foster Mom to consider adopting two small children who
needed a good home. The parental rights for the two small children were likely
to be terminated soon. However, Brook wasn’t able to take them on, too. My Mom
then chimed in and said that we were licensed to foster and gave the store
owner my number!
My number passed through several hands before getting to
the foster Mom, and it somehow got transposed in translation so she wasn’t able
to reach me. God had her be persistent, though. She reached out to Brook again
and Brook realized she knew my sister. So, she Facebook messaged my sister for
our numbers and the foster Mom finally got through to Joe! We told the foster
Mom we were very interested in meeting the children and scheduled our first
meeting at a park in July of 2015!
Coincidence? I don’t think so. I think God had ordained
the meeting a long time ago. What seemed like an unexpected and unusual
encounter was part of God’s plan to accomplish His purposes!
In my Bible study this week, we studied Jesus’ unique and
unexpected way of healing a blind man. It all happened the way it did so God
would get the glory!
John 9:1-7 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His
disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this
man or his parents, that he
was born blind?” 3 “Neither
this man nor his parents sinned,” said
Jesus, “but this
happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long
as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is
coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in
the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 After
saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put
it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told
him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this
word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
God does things today for the purpose
of displaying His work. He displayed His glory in the unique and expected way
we met James and Sarah!
How have you seen God work in unique
and unexpected ways? How does that help you and me trust Him for the future?
Alice
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