Late one evening, a missionary asked the Lord to help him stay awake as he drove
through the night to speak at the next church. Just then he saw a hitchhiker
walking in the rain, and he picked him up.
As they talked, he discovered that the stranger was a believer, and that they
actually had many of the same Friends. They laughed, shared stories and, before
they knew it, dawn was breaking and the hitchhiker was saying, "Here's where I
get out."
Before they parted, they had a cup of coffee together at a roadside cafe and
promised to pray for each other. By now the rain had stopped, and it was
daybreak. A few minutes down the road, the missionary suddenly realised that he
hadn't gotten the man's phone number, so he returned to the cafe hoping to catch
him. But there was no sign of him.
When he asked the waitress which way he had gone, she looked puzzled and said,
"Who? You came in here alone! I wondered why you ordered two cups of coffee."
The missionary glanced at the table where they'd sat and, sure enough, the
hitchhiker's cup was still full to the brim and cold. Then suddenly he
remembered that when he'd picked him up the night before in the pouring rain he
wasn't even wet!
Sometimes you see them - generally you don't. But just when you need them most,
"...he orders his angels to protect you wherever you go" (Ps 91:11)
Thanks to Esther Esther@solagen.com
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