His Mysterious Ways
"As you do not know what is the way of the wind, or how
the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you
do not know the works of God who makes everything."
Ecclesiastes 11:5 (KJV)
One evening, I received a phone call from an old
acquaintance, whom I had worked with about ten years ago.
Our conversation quickly moved to the reason behind her
call. She explained to me that God had placed it on her
heart to call and thank me for what I had done for her. This
piqued my curiosity, because I didn't remember doing
anything for her.
She went on to explain, how one day, when we were sitting in
a meeting regarding our employees' problems, she heard me
make the statement, "I have done all I can about this
problem, I am giving it over to God."
Those words struck a cord within her heart. At that moment,
she realized that she wasn't giving anything in her life to
God. She was trying to run her own life. Hearing those words
that day changed this for her.
From that day forward, she started to submit her attitude to
God. She had been struggling with her infertility, when it
came to conceiving a second child. She had placed the blame
on her husband for her failed attempts to get pregnant and
considered bailing out of her marriage. With her attitude
change, she decided to work on her marriage and place her
desire for a second child on the back burner.
She started to look at the way she treated her husband and
others. After examining her heart, she purposed herself to
be more kind and considerate to them. With time, she changed
her friendships, staying away from critical people and
gossips. Over a period of time changes started to occur in
her life.
She received a new job that was a better fit for her
personal and family needs. New friendships came her way. She
started feeling better about herself.
She finalized her conversation by saying, "I felt like God
was placing it on my heart to call and thank you for what
you had done. I recently did the same thing for someone else
and they thanked me for it."
A few months later, I decided to make a follow up call to
her. She was delighted to give me her good news (for which
she had waited ten years!). "The strangest thing has
happened," she exclaimed. "Within the month of my phone call
to you, I found myself pregnant! My due date will be at
Christmas."
We couldn't help but wonder if my friend was reaping the
rewards of an obedient life.
On any given day, we never know how the wind of The Holy
Spirit, is going to work in our life. We should always be
ready to expect the unexpected when it comes to, "His
Mysterious Ways."
Annettee Budzban copyright 2003
AHRTWrites2U@aol.com
Annettee lives in Illinois with her sweet husband Jeff and
is a widely published writer. She is our December 2002
Writer of the Month and you can see her profile and other
stories here:
http://www.2theheart.com/heartwriters