God Stop Friday!

I have been blown away by "God Stop" moments this week so I thought I would share a couple of them.

First of all, I have felt Jesus surround me this week in my time of need. I wrote a post and sent a couple of emails to friends because I was desperate and didn't know what to do. In return I was showered with more love and prayers than I could have ever imagined. I don't even know how to say thank you....

Then, when I prayed for peace about my Dad's salvation God led me to answers that supplied it. I wrote about that in my last post.

Finally, I want to tell you what happened to me on Tuesday evening. My husband and I took the kids to the gym so they could swim in the indoor pool and I could do a step areobics class. It turns out the instructor that night was quite evil. I have been in some pretty intense classes and never left one early. However after 30 minutes of torture I decided I had suffered enough and put my step away.

I was about to go to the pool but decided to hit the sauna first and maybe "sweat off" a little fat. I was in the sauna alone and saying some prayers when a woman walked in. Here is how our conversation went......

Her: "It isn't too hot in here tonight. The other day it was like this so I was
able to have a long conversation with someone about the Lord and I was
really encouraged by it. I love when God works that way!"

Me: "That's funny cuz I was just sitting here praying."

Her: "I was coming in to read my bible!" and she held up her compact bible.

Needless to say, at that point I was listening closely. How often do you run into a woman in the sauna reading her bible?

As we spoke she talked about needing to forgive someone and how hard that is. I told her we were studying Agape love at CBS and that only through God could we love and forgive as we are supposed to.

She asked if I had ever fasted. Would you believe that is the topic of discussion in my lifegroup right now. She told me all kinds of blessings and miracles she had received through fasting.

We ended up talking for 30 minutes and found we have a lot in common! We exchanged phone numbers and email addresses. I don't know if we will run into each other again or not but for some reason God had me stop my step class and step into the sauna last Tuesday night and used the lower temperatures to allow a conversation that encouraged two of His children in amazing, yet different ways! How cool is that?

Praise be to God!