Blessed to be a Blessing!

I have been asking the Lord to aid me in being more aware of my surroundings. Requesting that the holy spirit "prick" my heart to a need when it presents itself and how to respond to it.

It is easy for me to see the need in Haiti. It is real, raw and flashed before our eyes on the printed page and television. However, there are situations in my own sphere of influence that I overlook on a daily basis.

Today, Praise God, was a day that I was intentionally aware and God used me to touch a life. And then, someone touched mine!

I was in the grocery store and by-passed a elderly woman putting items in her cart. There was something about her that drew my attention. I still am not sure what it was, other that the Holy Spirit.

As I was paying the cashier for my goods, she wheeled her cart in behind mine. As I collected my bags, I felt the Lord telling me to help pay for her groceries. So, I slipped the cashier some money, and instructed her to put it toward the woman's bill. And merrily went on my way. IT FELT SO GOOD!

Then the devil came visiting my head. "How do you KNOW she really needed that money?" he accused. "How will you pay for YOUR groceries next week?" he questioned.

"I don't know... I just want to be obedient.... It really is not my business, but God's," I kept reminding myself.

As I pulled into a nearby gas station, I filled up with fuel and went in to the store to pay. When I headed back out to my van I realized I had locked the keys in it AND left the motor running! UGG!!!

The clerks helped me locate a locksmith, who came and took down the serial number of my van and actually made me a new key at his shop! (I did not know you could do that!)

Upon returning, and unlocking my vehicle, he declined the money I offered.

I set out to be intentional, aware of the needs around me, and God, in the way that only HE can orchestrate, met MY need in a beautiful way.

Blessed to be a Blessing!