I Love “Divine Appointments”...don't you?

The Lord will usually set something up in our day...something that we are completely unaware of just so He can get a word to someone that He doesn't usually hear from...or that just might have a question that they can't seem to answer.

This happened to me today...this second day of September.

I didn't plan on going out to lunch...nor did I intend on meeting up with anyone. I had just dropped my son of at his job and suddenly decided I wanted to say hello to someone special...and grab a bite to eat.

While sitting there...a lady came in and sat down...come to find out that it was “someone specials”, mom.

We got to talking and she told me that her daughter was kind of “anti-God” right now and then told me why. It would seem that the daughter...who is going into the medical field very soon...was asking the question...”if God is so loving...why are so many children dieing in hospitals?...and why are so many people starving around the world?”

I know as a believer...I have heard these questions and not had an answer.

This time I did indeed have an answer.

You see...I lost my mom last December, but instead of blaming God...I knew it was a wake up call for my family members.

I know that several in my family are still very undecided as to where they are with God...or just so wrapped up in the world that exists around them that it is easier to point the finger at someone else or even blame God.

I use to work with a man that would ask “if God is so loving and cares so much...why do children stave?”...My answer was...”With as much money as you make...what are you doing to help those that are hungry, I mean instead of going to the bar every Friday...or buying your dope every week.”

I would think it takes less energy to purchase a loaf of bread and give it to a hungry person...then it does to shake your fist at a God that YOU say, “don't care”. After all...aren't we the ones that are to be HIS hands here on earth?

IF we see a problem and do nothing to be an answer...are we not also adding to the problem?

People gather around a sick and dieing relative...crying out to God...for that person to be healed and yet, sometimes they feel like the prayers go unanswered.

WHY?...we ask.

Could it be that God allows certain situations into our view...our lives...in order to get our attention? Could it be that a loving God loves us so much that he will let things happen to us just so HE can hear from us?

I do know that if I was praying for my son and he were on deaths doorstep...and he got saved before the Lord took him home...I would be as close to God as I could so that I could one day see my son again.

Just imagine if an entire family got saved because of the death of a loved one...and then their friends saw the changes in the lives of the survivors...and they too received their salvation...and so on...

“What the enemy meant for evil...God used for good”...or so it is written in my Bible.

He created us to have relationships with Him. He created us so that we would run to Him first...everyday...knowing that He is in control.

What do the words...”seek ye first, the Kingdom of Heaven”, mean?

Yes...there are sick and hungry people in the world, but what are we as believers doing about it?

Are we joining with the rest of the world and complaining...telling God to do something...or are we...little by little...reaching out to a dieing world...To those that are hungry...To those that are sick...To the lonely...and the hurt.

WE are His hands...We are His feet...Yes and even a “voice crying in this wilderness”...Quit complaining and do something about it!!!