Lift From a Stranger
Last week when I felt like I was walking a rocky road and
I was feeling "down", I know God intervened and sent someone
to lift me up. I have been recuperating at home with a back
injury and had just had surgery on my knee. I had been
wishing that people I knew had some time to visit and was
feeling sorry for myself because the previous day had been
one of conflict.
For all of August and on into September, for every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday I've been transported back and forth
between my home and a city 90 minutes south of us, for
physiotherapy. On this one particular day, I had booked my
Physio-therapy for a Tuesday and because of this change, I
figured I would not run into anyone familiar.
As I walked into the Sports Medicine Clinic, a young man,
Kim, was leaving. We stopped and chatted (getting updates on
the healing progress of one another). I met Kim on a
previous occasion while our physiotherapist was working on
our respective knees. (Kim also had knee surgery). Kim could
tell that I was not as happy and outgoing as usual and asked
if he and his friend, who was acting as a driver, could say
a prayer for me and for my healing.
Just that he asked uplifted me. Here I had been hoping that
a friend would drop in and visit and instead, a stranger was
offering me a magnificent gift. I accepted and was grateful
for their prayers. Within minutes I found myself more
energized than usual and the doldrums were gone!
At first I thought wow! isn't it a coincidence to run into
Kim but the more I thought about it the more I began to
think that God had sent Kim to pave my rocky road!
I think our Heavenly Father knows our needs before we do and
he often paves the way for us. Possibly coincidence is
merely another way of saying God’s intervention.
Ellie Braun-Haley
shaley@telusplanet.net