His perfect timing
Jan 20, 2020 20:03:55 GMT -6
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Post by okie on Jan 20, 2020 20:03:55 GMT -6
I'm continually amazed at the Lord's perfect timing.
Today I ran down to Dallas to deliver a load of rock that I had picked up in North Carolina last week. I pulled up to the delivery address to find it was just a drop site with one man and a forklift unloading a truck or two every morning. He was fairly friendly so we started chatting a little as I was pulling the straps off of the load. He was asking me about my business and how I wound up driving all over the country for a living so I told him my story, particularly about starting over after divorce. Things took a little turn there.
I found myself talking to a very broken man that is exactly where I was at two months after my ex left. The similarities in our situations were striking despite the obvious difference in culture and race. I started talking and telling him he would be okay in time and he cut me off and told me he was a Christian and didn't believe in divorce so his was a little harder case... It just so happens that I am also a Christian that doesn't believe in divorce... but it's still one of the best things that has ever happened to me...
I pointed out some scripture about how to deal with a non-believer partner that wants to divorce and showed him an article that pinpoints the behavior that he and I have both endured. I told him about some of the mistakes that I've made along the way and told him to quit beating himself up and just focus on getting back to a place where he feels good about himself and his walk with Christ and he'd be fine... The poor guy broke down in tears and said nobody else had said anything like that to him.
I didn't catch his name. Part of me thinks that I should have continued the instant friendship, but I don't think I could have added anything that would have had the same impact as what we talked about today.
I remember when I was in his exact position how the Lord sent specific men into my life in strange ways that gave me the exact advice and encouragement that I needed. I am so blessed to be able to do that for someone else today and I'm well aware that it was not a random meeting.
Today I ran down to Dallas to deliver a load of rock that I had picked up in North Carolina last week. I pulled up to the delivery address to find it was just a drop site with one man and a forklift unloading a truck or two every morning. He was fairly friendly so we started chatting a little as I was pulling the straps off of the load. He was asking me about my business and how I wound up driving all over the country for a living so I told him my story, particularly about starting over after divorce. Things took a little turn there.
I found myself talking to a very broken man that is exactly where I was at two months after my ex left. The similarities in our situations were striking despite the obvious difference in culture and race. I started talking and telling him he would be okay in time and he cut me off and told me he was a Christian and didn't believe in divorce so his was a little harder case... It just so happens that I am also a Christian that doesn't believe in divorce... but it's still one of the best things that has ever happened to me...
I pointed out some scripture about how to deal with a non-believer partner that wants to divorce and showed him an article that pinpoints the behavior that he and I have both endured. I told him about some of the mistakes that I've made along the way and told him to quit beating himself up and just focus on getting back to a place where he feels good about himself and his walk with Christ and he'd be fine... The poor guy broke down in tears and said nobody else had said anything like that to him.
I didn't catch his name. Part of me thinks that I should have continued the instant friendship, but I don't think I could have added anything that would have had the same impact as what we talked about today.
I remember when I was in his exact position how the Lord sent specific men into my life in strange ways that gave me the exact advice and encouragement that I needed. I am so blessed to be able to do that for someone else today and I'm well aware that it was not a random meeting.
