Wednesday was the day our house was to go to auction. Debbie went just to make sure there were no mishaps of our home actually remaining on the list and selling.
It was surreal for her that she was even there. As she arrived she was still reflecting on the fact that God had stopped our house from going to auction. She looked around and tried to figure out where to stand and what to do. Then she noticed a nearby woman.
Instantly she recognized who and what she was. The lady's appearance, her wig and her quiet conversation said it all: she is a cancer survivor.
And there she was at the same auction as Debbie.
Debbie's eyes filled with tears as she overheard the stranger tell someone the same story as ours: joblessness, cancer, foreclosure. The only difference was that Debbie was there to watch God's miracle. This cancer sister was there to watch her house sell.
Debbie tried to go and console the woman but she simply couldn't. She was overwhelmed with the huge "close-call" of it all and the amazing blessing we received that this woman and her family did not.
Debbie called me and tearfully told me the story and ended it with, "There but for the grace of God go I." My heart simply broke.
We do not know God's providence for our lives, and we certainly cannot claim it was solely our righteousness or our prayers or the thousands of prayers that were uttered on our behalf. What we do know is that God changed history for us and that the body of Christ pulled together on our behalf and we have grown closer to Him who is light and love.
Somehow, someway, and for some reason God blessed His body today and we all (us and the hundreds who have prayed) have been blessed by our unfathomable and all loving Creator.
Thank you to Him and thank you to you.
Humbly,
Jack
Forever Hope
9 years ago
Well said. Its very humbling to be on either side. I like how you say we cannot claim it was solely our righteousness or our prayer or the thousands of prayers...for unknown reasons God will do what He does for purposes we can't know. We also know and can comprehend that perhaps in the loss of the cancer sisters home... on the other side of that is something far better than she could of dreamed up waiting around the corner as it would be for you guys had it been you. As children of God we can be assured that something good always comes from something 'bad'. Always.
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