I just wept with Robin. She lives on Shelby Street, a block from Midtown. Robin was released from her job on Monday and doesn't know what to do. I met her as she was bringing in 4 dozen cookies. I drew near and it turns out that last night she felt the presence of the Lord. He said to her to bake a cake. So this morning she went to Kroger with all she had and bought enough for sugar cookies. She was apologetic that it wasn't a cake, "its all I could afford," she said.
She mentioned that Sojourn has done so much for her. She comes to the 11:15am service and was prayed for during healing prayer. She was scared that her loss of a job and health insurance was going to be devastating to her health. She went to the doctor yesterday and to her surprise her blood work was just fine!
I asked if I could pray for her, and as I did, huge tears welled up and she became overwhelmed with emotion. It was a really sweet moment and I'm thankful that Leandro, another member getting things ready for tomorrow could join with me in the prayer.
It was shockingly similar to Luke 21.
Luke 21: Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, "Truly, I tell you, this poor woman has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."
Glory be to God! Seriously. When this was first shared with me I could do nothing but smile as the joy of this woman's faith and obedience was brought upon my heart and to my attention. God speaks to us all the time, but are we listening? More importantly are we willing to be obedient even if it means giving up everything we have?
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