2/14/11

Happy Valentine's Day! If you've never heard, there is a great event called Women of Faith held all over the country. I went last year and it was so amazing and refreshing and encouraging! I signed up to go again this summer. It's actually the day after my hubby and I's 10 year anniversary. So it was kind of a choice, but he insisted that I go and enjoy myself. During the end of service yesterday, the leader of the WoF group, gave a little presentation on it. She was discussing how some women can't afford the trip and that they always try to make a way for anyone who wants to go to be able to go. She was also talking about giving the trip as a Valentine's Day gift, in case any husband forgot. My hubby waved at me from the choir :)

My thoughts immediately went to the family sitting right behind me. This amazing women, lost her husband last year to cancer. She has three fairly young kids. Two boys and a girl. I thought, I hope she goes, she needs to get away. Then my thought process said, who's going to watch her kids so she can go (mind you this was a very fast thought process, as my thoughts run away from me) Sitting there, I thought, well if Johnny can watch her boys, maybe she can find a place for her daughter and be able to come. Now, I hadn't discussed this with Johnny yet, but I said a quick prayer about it and heard "Do it, do it" It sounded just like my voice, but I don't use that phrase often :). So as soon as service was over I crawled over to face her. I said "I'm going this summer, if you want to come, Johnny will watch the boys for you and you can find a place for your daughter" She just stared at me for a moment. Shook her head and said "She wants to come" Her daughter had just asked her if they could go and she told her, the obstacle was finding a place for the boys. She said they would pray about it. Not two minutes later, I was in in her face saying Johnny could keep the boys. So she and her daughter get to go and have a girl weekend, and Johnny gets to stay home with 5 boys, but her boys will get to have some male bonding time for the weekend! I love how God is in the details!