I met a waitress tonight at Applebee's. Mark and I began talking to her
about what we were eating (trying to get back on track with healthy choices!)
and she started asking us questions about nutrition,
what to bring to work to eat that would replace cheeseburger sliders at 9 p.m.!
How to cook healthy food for her boyfriend and his kids that she could leave in the fridge
for them to heat up while she was at work.

One thing led to another and it wasn't long before she was telling us about this boyfriend
who'd had a heart attack last year at 37, had a pacemaker inserted,
drank a 12 pack of soda each day  and now had diabetes.
How her ex had run off with their kids for 5 months- but now they were back safely.
How, (now with tears) she felt God had not been very near
in all these difficult and frightening circumstances of the past couple of years.
None of this was said in a complaining way- she was drawn to us like a magnet.

People are so lost- we shared a bit with her and I am going to follow her up
with spiritual and physical help, AND pray.
But I was again reminded of  the light of Christ, the Word,
the Spirit of God dwelling within-
How found I am by comparison. In the middle of my darkest days,
I have KNOWN that God is with me,that He will never leave me nor forsake me.

I prayed again just the other day for divine appointments,
for God's grace to help me to open my eyes to those around me,
to win some precious ones to Him. I'm sure the gal tonight was sent our way.

What is more wonderful than to know that someone will spend eternity with Jesus
and you had a part, by His grace in that? I pray that will be so for this precious woman
and for many more.