Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Meeting With God At Wal*Mart

After dinner tonight, we made a spur-of-the-moment decision to hit the toy department at Wal*Mart - we needed to buy a set of 100 plastic balls for Nolan to play with (thanks to Grandma Sue, as part of his birthday present). After we found the set and got it into the cart, we headed off through the store to find a few other things. A man, whom we had seen near the bicycles, made eye contact with me out in the main aisle and asked how my evening was going. I flippantly answered that is was going fine. Then he asked, "Is there anything you need prayer for?"

That stopped me in my tracks. It was probably a little rude, but I didn't answer him at first. I was just so surprised to be asked that...in public...at Wal-Mart!

I got kind of a funny smile on my face and told him that, yes, there was something we needed prayer for. I called to Kimberly to come back to meet him, and another younger man who was with him, because she was up ahead of me a little. Once we were gathered up they explained to us that they were on some sort of "Treasure Hunt." They were at a prayer meeting at their church and felt led to travel to Wal-Mart to offer to pray with people. The younger man, Will, told us that one of the signs God told them to look for was a little girl wearing a pink shirt near the bicycles. We all looked down, and sure enough, Lauren had chosen to put on a pink shirt just before we headed out for the store. Rich, the older gentleman, asked what our need was and we explained to him the whole situation with losing my job, not having any local opportunities and our apprehension about possibly having to sell our home and move.

The next thing we knew they offered to pray with us right there in the store! So, our little family, Rich and Will all bowed our heads in the main aisle as they prayed over us out loud. I could tell that Lauren was moved by the moment because she reached up in the middle and grabbed a hold of my hand. Not only was it an amazing gesture, but the prayers they both prayed for us were exactly what has been on our hearts. It was definitely a "God" moment and I still look back at it and am stunned that it even occured.

If you think of it, pray for Rich and Will after you read this. Pray that God will bless them for their boldness in following His leading and that they will know what a profound impact they had on our family...on what we expected to be a very ordinary night at the local Wal*Mart.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow. That is all I can say! Wow. PTL. And I prayed for Rich and Will, and for your family! Jen