God works in mysterious ways

We never really know the extent to which we impact other people's lives. It was just this morning that I was thinking how true that is and thinking back over the last couple of days many moments seem to show just that.

This morning was no exception and I wanted to share the testimony with you.

While visiting my grandparents this morning my grandpa handed me a $5 bill and began to share the story behind it.

He knows a lady who is very poor, has many health conditions and lives in a very run down house. A member from James River Church recently went to her house to help her clean up and fix things up. The lady is not a believer but she later gave my grandpa that same $5 bill and told him that she had been carrying it around in her pocket for several weeks and wanted to give it as payment for the help she had received even though she knew payment was not required. She was very persistent that my grandpa take the money even though it was all she had.

My grandpa tells me all this with tears in his eyes and I can't help but think of the impact that she is going to have on the world, whether she knows it or not.

I can't tell you why she gave my grandpa that $5 bill but I do know that God works in mysterious ways.

Furthering God's kingdom may not always work out how we plan it to but people around the world will be touched by the gift from this woman because it is going to the Speed the Light offering at church.

I can't say that I would be able to share this testimony with you today had the man from the very church I go to not helped this lady out. It really goes to show that we never know the extent to which we impact the lives around us.

She may not even be expecting to reach the lives of people across the world but because she was touched by someone else she is doing just that.

I think this also goes to show that its okay to not know all the details. Had the man who went to help her been told by God that he would be helping missionaries across the world he probably would have been confused and given up because it didn't seem logical that by helping this woman that he would be helping missions. God truly does see the bigger picture and He knew that the effects of caring and helping would go far beyond just one person.