Roses from God
A friend of mine told me a wonderful story yesterday about an experience he had in hearing God. I was so moved by the story that when I told my wife his story, I started to weep. It’s such a wonderful story of God’s love, and how God uses people who hear him to speak his love to other.
My friend, Allan, was only teenager when one day he was headed out on a bike ride for some exercise. As he was getting ready, he sensed that “still, small voice” say, Do you see those roses over there? Go pick some and take them to the pastor’s wife.”
He was a little reluctant at first. God was interrupting his exercise routine, but he knew what heard. So, he picked a few roses, hopped on his bike and headed over to the pastor’s house to drop off the roses. On the ride over there, he kept saying to himself, “I’m just going to knock on the door, give her the roses and get out of there.”
After he knocked, the door opened up and he handed the pastor’s wife some roses and said, “Here. God wanted me to give you some roses.” He quickly hopped on his bike and rode away.
The next Sunday, Allan and his family went to church as normal. It was a small church, and everyone knew everyone. At the close the service when people were leaving, the pastor’s wife pulled Allan aside and said, “I just wanted to let you know that you heard God that morning. Before you showed up, I was telling God how lonely I was and how invisible I felt, like no one loved me. I asked him to show me that he loves me, and then you show up with roses from God. I want to encourage you, Allan, that whatever voice you heard that morning, tune into it. That was God.”
I share this story as another example that God has such a desire to speak into our lives. And, maybe it’s not all about us. Maybe he wants to speak into our lives so that we can be a blessing to others.
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