Do they ever happen to you? Like, you pray for something absolutely silly and it comes true? I try to make it a point to not pray FOR things, because I assume God already knows what we need and he'll give it to us. But every once in a while a request will "slip in" to my conversations directed at God.
For example, today. This morning we had a new grocery store opening in our city, and the first 200 people to show up were going to get a bag full of free groceries. We are really in a tight financial spot so I was really counting on that, had it planned for weeks to go down there today. We got there nice and early - not easy with two toddlers. Turns out, we weren't among the first 200 people there - some people were there before 5 am. I was totally bummed but we went in anyway. We got a couple of things and were waiting in line. Holy cow the place was packed... We waited in line for almost an hour and we still weren't even halfway to the cash register. It was THAT packed.
All around me there were lots of people, all with their free flower (marking their first 200 spot), chattering happily and throwing expensive food in their carts. I was totally pouting at God because gosh darn it, I wished we could have gotten the free food, it would have been nice to treat the kids. I was half kidding and told God that it'd be awesome if he did something about it. Not two minutes after that, this employee pulls me and an old lady behind me out of line and tells us to come with him. I mean out of hundreds of people, he picked us. I guess we stuck out cos I had two babies with me, one on my back, and she was, well, old. But anyway, he pulls us aside, takes us to the side entrance, gives us the free bags of food AND tells us that what was in our carts was on the house, we were free to go. I almost started crying, I couldn't believe it. It wasn't like we filled the cart or anything, but it was so nice. I know they were realistically just trying to get people out of line because the place was THAT packed but it was SO nice. We got the free food and then some. I was like, "God, you did pretty good!"
I dunno, I just had to share. I know every once in a while these types of coincidences happen and I just think it's really cool. Whether or not you believe God has something to do with them.
For example, today. This morning we had a new grocery store opening in our city, and the first 200 people to show up were going to get a bag full of free groceries. We are really in a tight financial spot so I was really counting on that, had it planned for weeks to go down there today. We got there nice and early - not easy with two toddlers. Turns out, we weren't among the first 200 people there - some people were there before 5 am. I was totally bummed but we went in anyway. We got a couple of things and were waiting in line. Holy cow the place was packed... We waited in line for almost an hour and we still weren't even halfway to the cash register. It was THAT packed.
All around me there were lots of people, all with their free flower (marking their first 200 spot), chattering happily and throwing expensive food in their carts. I was totally pouting at God because gosh darn it, I wished we could have gotten the free food, it would have been nice to treat the kids. I was half kidding and told God that it'd be awesome if he did something about it. Not two minutes after that, this employee pulls me and an old lady behind me out of line and tells us to come with him. I mean out of hundreds of people, he picked us. I guess we stuck out cos I had two babies with me, one on my back, and she was, well, old. But anyway, he pulls us aside, takes us to the side entrance, gives us the free bags of food AND tells us that what was in our carts was on the house, we were free to go. I almost started crying, I couldn't believe it. It wasn't like we filled the cart or anything, but it was so nice. I know they were realistically just trying to get people out of line because the place was THAT packed but it was SO nice. We got the free food and then some. I was like, "God, you did pretty good!"
I dunno, I just had to share. I know every once in a while these types of coincidences happen and I just think it's really cool. Whether or not you believe God has something to do with them.
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