Almost daily we need reminders.

Think about it.

That’s why we have alarm clocks and calendars.

We have day timers and cell phones with alarms.

Sticky notes in any color of the rainbow!

If you need to be reminded, there are literally, bunches of possibilities at your fingertips.

And let’s be honest.

So it is with God.

Even though He has been faithful in the past, it is so stinkin’ easy to “go there.”

If you have blood flowing through your veins you know what I mean.

We can see God’s hand one day and the very next wonder, “Will He do this as well?”

Sunday was a rough day.  I was so weepy {more than usual since Emma left}.

My heart was just feeling so discouraged.

The kids and I did not go to church because I had been really sick with a staph infection.

Anyway, Graham was up and getting ready for church.  We talked for a few minutes.  I shared something that was so heavy on my heart.

Later he told me that he prayed some pretty specific prayers for me.

One of them was that a friend would come and encourage me on Sunday.

Now living in a not-so-familiar city, he said he thought, “I wonder how you are going to do that Lord.”

But he prayed it and felt that God was going to do it.

After church he had hung out with some of his friends and then went to the Young Adult service at night.  As he drove home he found an unfamiliar car in the driveway. He thought, “Who could be here?”

He walked in and found me laughing and talking with a dear old friend.   This precious friend had FB messaged me that she and her husband and kids were passing through Phoenix.   She wondered, “Would I be up for a visit?”

Oh me.

The Lord had indeed heard Graham’s prayer {which I didn’t know Graham had prayed}.  And the Lord had sent a friend from a distant city who “happened” to be passing through.  This sweet friend is one I’ve known for years now.  Both of us adoptive moms.  She’s a senior pastors wife.  We can just be ourselves any time we are together.  Our husbands are friends.  The kind of friend that you can just  pick up right where we left off.

Her visit ministered to my soul like only the Lord could do.  Such a sweet time together.

I told my friend of a situation that was deeply troubling to me.   I actually mentioned how I was feeling led to fast on a particular day over this yuky situation.   Later, as she left, she hugged me and said, “I will fast with you on that day.”

Yes, she’s that kind of friend.  

Dear bloggy friends, use this story as your reminder today.

He hears your prayers.  


He loves you immeasurably.  


He is capable of anything. 

He is not slack concerning His promises.  


Nothing is too difficult for Him.


If He needs to orchestrate someone to come from another city
 to minister to your soul – 
He not only is capable, but He will.


He loves you and I so much!