I love thinking of God being near me during the day. I usually give him the credit when I enjoy a cool breeze or see a beautiful sight. I don't usually expect him to answer my prayers immediately.
Lately, it seems it has been his pleasure to surprise us with some very promptly answered prayers. We have felt his nearness really clearly through this, and I'd love to share the stories with you.
On the way out here, I accidentally left my purse in a fast-food restaurant. We were about 90miles down the road when I realized it. I started furiously praying that God would protect my purse, since it had everything in it. When Jonathan called them, they had it, perfectly intact, because a lady had turned it in to them. We did have to drive back to get it, but what a blessing to have all my credit cards and driver's license safe!
Then, we had arranged for our internet service to start the first night we got here, but it didn't. I started praying while Jonathan called the company. They told him it wouldn't be until the next day or two. Later that night, we were having dinner with some folks, and Jonathan got a call from a technician. The man was calling us on his private cell phone to let us know that he had set up our internet because he happened to be in our area with some extra time. When does that happen?
Shortly after we arrived, we realized that we had only 20 minutes left on our phone for the next week and a half. We were trying to figure out what we could do to make it, especially with all the utility calls we needed to make in the next couple days. Jonathan called T-mobile to see if we could buy some extra minutes for this month. I started praying. After hearing Jonathan's explanation, the customer service representative put an extra 150 minutes on each of our phones, for free!
The Lord is near!
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