Author Thread: I thought I'd wait forever! ? I thought I'd wait forever! Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:43 PM (CST) When I received my envelope over 2 weeks ago I couldn't wait to give it away. Like most other people I asked God to tell me who I was to give it to. And I kept asking, and asking, and asking, but received no answers....or so I thought. I thought that my shyness and fear of talking to strangers had made me miss the chance God had intended, but even if I did, he provided at least one more, if not several that I never took. I had this vision of giving it to someone and they being overwhelmed even though it was only $20. I wanted to see the look on their face. When I finally admitted that to myself I realized that I was being selfish. This was not about me, it was about the act itself. So then I started thinking differently. I had carried that $20 in my pocket for 2 whole weeks and was headed out of town Sunday the 24th. I really didn't want to keep it in my pocket any longer, especially on my trip of 2 days. I kept looking and asking God to show the recipient now, but it never happened. I was driving out of town when I saw a broke down car and it occurred to me that I could put it on the windshield. So I told myself the next broke down car I saw I would do that. Well, I never saw another one. So, today, I was driving home from work thinking how tired I was, but yet I still wanted to take my kids swimming at the YMCA since we had just gotten our membership. I was thinking about that and not paying attention to what lane I needed to be in when I realized I couldn't get through the heavy traffic and into the lane I needed and I ended up heading east on 254. I got off at the first exit I came to (Hillside) and figured I just get back on going the other way. Well, that wasn't as easy as I thought. So I headed north on Hillside when I discovered I couldn't back on 254 unless I was heading south. It was then I saw the broke down car on the west side of the road, right before the 254 on ramp. So I pulled into a driveway to turn around. I put the $ in an envelope and simply wrote, "Hello! I hope this helps you in whatever way you need. the Lord's servant and Grace Point attender". I stopped and dropped it on the front seat through the open window and was on my way. I couldn't believe I'd held on to that $ for 2 1/2 weeks, but finally God told me who needed it and I feel great about giving it away. I'll never see that person's face, but someday I will see Jesus' and in it I'll see the story of that $ and how happy that person was and even more importantly how happy Jesus' was. Just one more step toward my ultimate goal of hearing "Well done good and faithful servant." Thanks Grace Point for helping me help someone else. We make a great team. Let's do it again!!!!!