Our friend, Sherri had been there before so she wanted to introduce us to the owner. She was a sweet woman and came and talked to us for a while. In conversation she told us that God had laid on her heart that very morning that He wanted her to provide 10 families with Thanksgiving meals........
I couldn't believe my ears!
I had a call just a few hours earlier from a woman that we worked with in August and at that time she was homeless. She called to let us know that she had been blessed with a home and was just wondering if we knew of anywhere she and her family could get a Thanksgiving meal. I did not know of anywhere but told her I would let her know if something came up. WOW!!!
THEN, we continued talking about New Orleans, where she is from and we are planning a second Ruth's Heart location, and it turns out she worked with the homeless community in New Orleans for 9 years! Amazing! (Yes, we have a lunch date Monday afternoon!)
THEN, I walked out to our car to get her a brochure and there was a man outside and asked me if we had jumper cables, that his car was just down the street. I told him I wasn't sure but I would go in and get my husband to come talk to him. So as my husband was helping this man and his daughter jump their battery, he didn't have enough light and left them to come back for a flashlight. When he returned, the daughter said she had noticed the Ruth's Heart magnet on our car and wanted to know just what we do. So he explained to her and she turned to him and said
"Can you please help my daddy?"
This young lady's father needs help with his addiction to alcohol as it is separating him from his family and is tearing her apart. She described the church that she goes to but said it isn't for her father, she then described the church she hoped her dad would find and what she described was Jacob's Well, our ministry partner and urban church for all 'non-perfect' people, where everyone is welcome and loved regardless of their situation, struggles, past sins or weaknesses.
She is going to call me and with much prayer and God's guidance we hope to be able to find him the help he needs for himself, his family, and his daughter who obviously loves him so much.
Coincidence: a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
Appointment: an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.
I think this night was definitely an "appointment" made by God himself and we just didn't know about it until it happened!
Thank you God for all you do, even when we have no idea what you are up to!!!
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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