Holy Hallelujiah God is good. But seriously people. I truly mean that. See, I have always loved Jesus. Really and truly, I have...but in the last couple of weeks, he has been calling me out to do things for him that I never could've imagined. I mean, i'd sort of imagined them, but for some reason I always thought i'd be "established" first. Or something like that. I don't even know what to tell you, except that when you decide to REALLY take a step out of your normal, everyday whatever...you'll be saying holy hallelujiah too!
Okay, so things have been moving and shaking in my life for a little over a month now. It's seriously incredible. God has been opening doors, and bringing people into my life to encourage, metor, lead, etc. It's awesome. I've been being filled, and filled and filled. But that's the thing, once we are filled, we are called to POUR OUT. Right? And don't get me wrong, it's been awesome pouring out to people who already love him. Yes, there are still hard things that come along, but we are called TO REACH THIS WORLD FOR HIM!!!!! WOOO HOOO! Sorry. I'm easily excitable these days. ANYWAY...moving on. This morning I went to the gym to get my workout on. Go me! And I really felt the Lord challenging me to choose someone to talk to, to encourage. Well, no one was really fitting the bill, and I started to get nervous. I mean, here I am working out, listening to worship music just BURSTING to scream to everyone that Jesus loves them. Don't worry, I didn't. I like the gym I go to, and quite frankly they might've thought I was a tiny bit crazy. HA well, they'd be right but who cares! Anyway, finally this girl gets on the treadmill. And instantly I KNEW it was her. Something in her eyes. They were downcast, and her long hair wasn't up or anything. She had on full makeup and she was walking slowly on the treadmill. Now, don't get me wrong, i've heard lots of people meet their significant others at the gym, but there was just something about her screaming that she needed to know SOMEONE loved her. I got super excited. Stopped really paying attention to my work out. Probably looked like a fool. Awesome. Anyway, I started asking God for scriptures and immedietly two came to mind. I think she sensed something, because she quickly jumped off her treadmill and like a nut job I instantly jumped off mine and was a few paces behind her. She knew something was up and she began to walk quickly toward the exit. DANG! I thought...missed my chance. I grabbed the cleaner and went back to my treadmill to clean it. I didn't even finish the 15 minuets I had left on my treadmill because I was super bummed. I was like "God, if you really want me to tell her this, you gotta bring her back." Well he's just super cool like that, because right as i'm walking out, she starts walking toward me. I give her a big smile and she smiles nervously back. Before she can get away I say " Hi! Excuse me can I talk to you for a minute?" "uhhh sure." "Okay, so this is probably going to sound really strange, but i'm a Christian and I really felt like The Lord wanted me to tell you that he thinks you're amazing, and beautiful, and he loves you so much. Again, I know this sounds strange..." "that's okay." "okay, awesome. And he gave me a few verses which are Song of Solomon 4:7 which says ' You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.' and Isaiah 49:16 ' See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands...' So yeah, I just felt like he wanted you to know that." She sort of smiled at me and said "okay thank you." "no problem! have a good day." And that was that. Now don't get me wrong. Pretty cool....but I won't lie, I was sort of bummed walking out to my car like 'God, why didn't she ask me more questions? And how come she was so nervous? Was that creepy to do?' And this is where the coolest part of my whole morning happened. He said " You don't need to know so much about her, because I already know EVERYTHING about her. You don't know what you said did to her, and you don't...because I do." WOW. Boom. Okay. Got it. So I drove home and prayed for the girl who's name I didn't even know.
Here's what I want any one of you reading this to take from this story, that can be you. Don't wait to share the love of God with ANYONE! Here's the bottom line, he can use ANYONE! Seriously. Even creepy girls in the gym like me. Because the bottom line is this, we live in a hurting, devestated, starving world for truth. And you and I as believers HAVE that truth. So what if you make a fool of yourself? Odds are you'll never run into that person again. The Lord also gave me this revelation today. You know those people who fall asleep in church even when the message is amazing and you can't help but think " HOW ARE YOU LETTING YOURSELF MISS THIS?!?" Well, instead of sitting there wondering, we can always tap them on the shoulder to wake them up. Anyone who is not yet in the body of Christ is that sleeping person. They already belong, they're already God's, he loves them with an everlasting love. They just need someone like you or me to tap them on the shoulder, wake them up, so that they can fall right back in love with him too. Be blessed today, bless others today, and never forget the INCREDIBLE LOVE God has for you!
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