The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. Psalm 121:8
I had just one hour before I needed to meet my son at home. I parked my car crooked in the space next to the shopping cart rack and rushed into the store, clicking my remote back over my shoulder as I listened for the familiar beep.
As I rounded the corner toward the register, I checked off the last item on my grocery list and glanced at my phone. Good, I had 30 minutes and it only took 20 minutes to get there. I could just make it. I hurried to the car, slung the bags into the trunk, twisted the cart around into the rack, and sped out of the parking lot toward home.
When I arrived, the first thing I did was reach for my purse. The second thing was practically have a heart attack. My purse was not there.
It held my license, my debit cards, my credit cards and all the money that my husband had given me for Christmas. The list went on and on in my mind. Like any respectable Southern girl, I carry a pretty big pocket book. My eyes welled up with tears in utter hopelessness.
I flew into the house and frantically dialed the number for the grocery store. A young lady answered and I asked for a manager. She said that they were all in a meeting. Reluctantly, I told her my shameful secret. I had left my purse at her store. She asked my name. Then came the words I longed to hear, “We have it in the cash room.” I hope she is not having hearing loss now. I yelled “Praise God!!!” right into her ear.
I had not been paying attention, but my big God was. He sent along an anonymous male Furman student, who found the purse and took it to the cashier, who carried it to the customer service manager, who contacted the accounting manager, who locked it up in the cash room waiting for my call.
Miracles still happen in 2016 and God still does good things through good people. Yep, even my change was there.
What about you? How have you seen God show Himself to you through people lately? Isn’t He awesome!?
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Dear Lord: Thank you for these good, honest people who helped me at the grocery store and for using them to show me that You are always watching out for me even when I am too busy and do really dumb things. Amen
I recently had a similar experience. I left the pouch that holds all of my credit cards at a department store. When I discovered the pouch was missing (several days later), what did I do? I panicked, of course. I could just “see” the outcome to my carelessness .. the cards were all stolen and I was going to be in a mess. The fact was, I didn’t even KNOW where I may have left it!
Next step: STOP PANICKING and turn this over to God. The moment I turned it over to my God, my heart stopped pounding, my thoughts turned from negative to neutral. I don’t know about you, but many times NEUTRAL is a good thing! God slowly let me mentally retrace my steps … and through that I was able to narrow down the last place I had used the pouch. I called the store, and just like you, my friend, the customer rep told me it was locked safe and sound inside their vault.
So many lessons learned. #1 NEVER PANIC — KNOW that God always has “my back”. #2 DO NOT jump to the conclusion that all people are bad — TRUST that there are a LOT of GOOD people out there. #3 ALWAYS turn my WORRIES into WORSHIP — turn every worry, every fear, every obstacle OVER to my Lord and Savior, as he promises to protect us and he KEEPS ALL of his promises!!!!
Cathy, I am so glad your story had a happy ending too. Thanks for sharing how you got through that. God is so good and He loves us and we should be able to rest knowing that He is always watching. All things are under His control.Thank you for sharing, Cathy! Have a blessed day!
Through tears I read this beautiful tribute to a precious daddy from his little girl!! Praying for you both as this journey begins! I can’t begin to imagine what he is about to experience!!! Big hugs and much love my dear friend!
Thank you, Marie! What a glad reunion we are going to have with our loved ones one day! Thanks so much for your friendship and support, I love you!