Isn’t it funny when you make your own plans but God has other ideas and everything changes?
I was supposed to be attending a worship meeting last night but decided to give it a miss. I hadn’t felt well all weekend and it had just started to snow quite heavily. I was glad I’d made the decision to stay at home and prepared for a relaxing evening.
Around 8pm, there was an unsuspected knock at the door. Jon answered and a lady was standing there, shaking and in floods of tears. Her car had broken down outside of our house and she had no charge on her phone. It was still snowing and it was bitter cold, so we invited the lady inside, along with her two Jack Russell dogs. I put her phone on charge and she was able to call the AA (vehicle rescue service). They said that due to the bad weather they wouldn’t be able to get to her until 10:45pm. I put the kettle on and told the lady, who was called Pam, to make herself at home.
God’s plan not mine
Of all the doors that Pam could’ve knocked on, she knocked on ours. I knew there was a reason for this and so I proceeded to tell Pam that I was a Christian and I believed that God had led her to our house. She became tearful and agreed that God was looking after her. We spent the next two and a half hours chatting about life and Jesus. Pam opened up to me about some very difficult times she had been through and I was able to minister to this lovely lady and encourage her that God had a plan for her life and was calling her back into a relationship with Him.
I had planned to spend the evening relaxing but God had other ideas for me. It reminded me of the scripture found in Proverbs 16:9,
We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.
When we are living a God centred life, we can never be sure of our own plans but should be flexible and willing to accept a move of the Holy Spirit at any moment.
Are we ready?
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Hey that’s terrific Haley!
God used you to minister to that lady, and even now she’s probably thinking on her relationship with God.
And I ain’t never been to Europe. Is it fun living in ye olde England?
Have either of y’all ever been to the United States?
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I really hope so, Lee! Been praying for her all day today and hoping to invite her to church too.
Love my country but getting fed up of the weather now….if it’s not raining, it’s snowing haha! Summer time is beautiful though so just hanging on in there for that.
We love the USA and have been a couple of times. We are visiting Orlando, FL this year. Hoping to minister while we’re over there if you know of any churches in the area.
Hayley 😊
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Btw Lee, I clicked the unfollow button by accident! Sorry!! Clicked back on follow straight away 😆👍
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It’s all good. God bless you sister. 😇
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Me and Melissa have said numerous times that we’d enjoy visiting England, more than anywhere in Europe in fact. But we could never afford to go. So it’s fun to hear from people like yourself who live there, and can describe what it’s like there.
Sometimes I think how fun it would be to be there, and enjoy hearing my Texas dialect converse with an English dialect.
I’m sorry that I don’t know of any churches to recommend in Florida. Although I did live in northern Florida briefly in the late 1980s; it’s a nice state.
You’ve gotta post about your visit here in the states. That will be fun reading.
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I’m sure you would love to visit, especially if you enjoy history as there are lots of castles and ancient churches. I never get bored of sightseeing and you can travel from one end of the country to the other in one day.
I will definitely be writing about my time in Florida. We find that people in the states are much friendlier and welcoming than over here and you meet a lot more Christians too! I’d personally love to move to the USA but then we do have some things that are better over here, such as our National Health Service.
It’s fun to visit though and I enjoy chatting with Americans as there’s always words that we use that you guys won’t have heard. For example, I say to my girls, ‘wash your donnie’s’ which means wash your hands.
It’s very funny!
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Amen, Hayley. What a privilege to be part of the Lord’s plan
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It is indeed!
Blessings to you,
Hayley 😊
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In his infinite wisdom, his plans are always so much greater than ours.
Have a blessed week.
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Amen! So very true.
Blessings, Hayley 😊
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Thanks Hayley.
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My dear friend in Christ,
Divine Providence {God’s IN Charge} is often mysterious and occasionally even miraculous. That you were able to discern that it was God knocking on your door, and responded in charity was just what both of you needed in that “moment.”
What an awesome God we have; and what a wonderful disciple you are.
Continued Blessings my friend,
Patrick
Thanks for sharing this
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Beautiful comment, Patrick. I live for those opportune moments……the times when you are so aware of God working out His purpose!
Blessings to you and yours!
Hayley 😊🙏
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I love how he orchestrates these moments. God bless your ministry.
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Amen! God is so awesome, Phyllis. Blessings to you and yours.
Hayley 😊💕
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Sincerity, I hope so!
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I hope so too, Carlos 🙏
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Amen!
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❤️ I love this, how you are so beautifully His vessel
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All glory to God. Just love Jesus so much and want to serve Him. My hearts desire is that He would entrust me with more of these divine moments.
Much love,
Hayley 😊💕
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I love this! Thank you for sharing 💕💕💕
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Bless you. You’re very welcome 😊
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Thank You Lord Jesus for directing this woman to the right house. It could have been different.
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You are so right there! Really thankful that God sent her to our house.
Blessings, Hayley 😊
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Wonderful!!! 🙂
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Oh thank you so much! Hayley 😊💕
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That was beautiful, thanks for sharing! 🌺
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You are so welcome, glad you were blessed.
Hayley 😊💕
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Very nice… God has his own ways. We just can’t defy it.
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Amen! We will never be able to fathom God’s ways. Love it!
Hayley 😊
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True that Hayley. Amen😊
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So awesome Hayley. I love stories like this. Its so awesome when God reaches out to someone on a personal level and calls them home again. 🙂
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I know! 😊 It’s amazing how God works in us and through us.
Blessings,
Hayley 😊
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Reblogged this on Talmidimblogging.
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Thank you 😊👍
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You’re very welcome Hayley 😎
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22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22,23
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Amen 🙏
We pray for God to fill us to overflowing so that we may display these fruits of the spirit in Jesus’ name.
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Yes, practice faith!
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Lovely words, Carlos. “Let your words heal and not wound”. Amen 🙏
I hope you are well.
Hayley 😊
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I also loved it! I found these verses in a post here in WP and asked for permission to change the photo.
Blessings, Hayley!
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How wonderful that you were available ❤
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I know, Tracey. It was amazing that I was at home! 😊🙏
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Yes that but also available as a servant of Christ ❤💛💜
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Amen! 🙏❤️
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Amen! We are the body of Christ wherever we go, and God will use us to minister and reflect the love of Christ. I’m so glad you heard His call for you ❤
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We are indeed, T.R. and should always be ready and obedient to the Holy Spirits whisper. Blessings to you 💞
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I love how God just drop these unplanned moments on us! As Christians, we have to be alert and ready for whatever He may bring our way. Thank you for sharing and God bless.
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It’s amazing isn’t it, Diana? 😊
I think it’s so exciting being a Christian, I wouldn’t want to live any other way.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Hayley 💕
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It surely is! I have to agree with you on that, Hayley. God bless and take care.
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Don’t you love it when God plans for you a different kind of relaxing evening :):)
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Exactly Margaret! Never a dull moment when you’re living in Jesus.
Blessings,
Hayley 💞🙏
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There are no co-incidences. Yours’ was the door she was guided to. That is what I believe. Bless you for opening your door and your home to her.
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So true, Anne, I do believe it was meant to be.
It is a wonderful pleasure to serve God and be a blessing to others.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Hayley 😊💕
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With God as the centre of our lives, there can never be a time when one is not prepared to tend to a fellow human- or an animal in distress. You did exactly as I would have.
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Amen to that 🙏
We love like Jesus and He fills us to overflowing with His compassion and love. ❤️
Blessings, Hayley 😊
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There is nothing like a divine appointment Haley! Love reading stuff like this (It reminded for some reason of the book “the heavenly man”, the story of brother yun) Have you read it?
This was set up by God for sure, I could feel it as I read the words, it isn’t just a story, its genuine availability. Awesome that even though you’s were home (and prob just wanted to relax) you still showed hospitality, you’s have a gift!
Thanks for sharing, really encouraging for those of us with the space to invite people in and be like Christ.
p.s – write a song about it
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Thanks Dave! Yeah, definitely felt like it was a ‘God moment’ for sure and was really overwhelmed by the ladies response. I am certain she sensed the Holy Spirit in our home and in us. I can hear a song coming on now….. the hospitality song lol 😂
I checked out multiply by the way and have downloaded the book to read. It looks really good so I’ll share with others in my church.
Thanks so much,
Hayley 😊
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Yay, awesome stuff.
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Wow, that is wonderful, Hayley! 😀 I’m so glad that you had the opportunity to lead her back to Him. ❤
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Me too! God is so good 😊❤️
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Love this post. I like when you said, “When we are living a God centred life, we can never be sure of our own plans but should be flexible and willing to accept a move of the Holy Spirit at any moment.”
I think it’s great that when we plan to do something, God can easily flip the script in that moment to share the Gospel with someone or just to be there for someone who we never would have met.
God’s ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts.
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Amen! You’re so right, God can easily flip the script so that we can share the gospel. Love the way you put it!
Praise God, His ways and thoughts are higher than ours!
Blessings,
Hayley 😊🙏
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God loves to keep us entertained… and useful! Keeps life and people adventurous! 🙂 Praise God for your willingness to help someone. ❤ God loves you… and visits you, dearest Hayley! ❤
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He does indeed, Gail! We have to be ready and willing to be used by God at any time.
Love and blessings to you my lovely friend ❤️😊
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Wow! Watch GOD WORK! God bless you and continue to use you in Jesus Name! 🙏☺✨
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Yes! Praise God!! 🙏❤️
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Many are the plans of the human heart but it’s his that will always prevail. I am so inspired this blog. You are an amazing ambassador of our lord Jesus and I can’t wait to share with you the season ahead, what ever that looks like 💕
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Amen! 🙏
Excited to be a part of this season of your life too my lovely. 💞God has an amazing adventure lined up for you and it’s going to be amazing! Upholding you in prayer always 🙏❤️
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I love this so much-it makes my heart so happy to see God at work!
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I love it too! It was a very pleasant and unexpected surprise 💜🙏
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