A Father’s Love
March 21
He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.
John 14:21
Mel was in turmoil. In trouble with the law, her son, Jeff, had been staying in Pennsylvania with her Daddy, while she waited tables at a truckstop in Suffolk, VA to help her ailing brother until he could fend for himself. Today was supposed to be her day off but she was covering the morning shift for a coworker. An unexpected encounter was about to change her perspective.
Two customers came in and sat down at the counter. Mel smiled, “What’ll you have?”
“Tea for me,” one responded. “Coffee, please,” the other said affably. As Mel filled their cups, the coffee drinker engaged her in conversation, “So tell me, do you have anything you need prayer for this morning?”
Mel couldn’t believe it! She immediately began to cry. Through tears she managed, “You’re an answer to prayer!” and shared that she felt like her life was falling apart. “Would you please pray for my Daddy, son and brother? And me, too?” she added.
“That’s what we’re here for!” they declared. And taking her hands, both men did just that, praying for Daddy, Jeff, and Mike, then for Mel. Following the prayer, with eyes filled-to-the-brim, Mel explained how just this morning she’d asked God, “Do you care about what I’m going through?! Are You paying attention?!”
The tea drinker said with a chuckle, “I guess you have your answer!”
“Yes I do!” she said, her heart filled with the joy of affirmation.
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God is big enough to meet our greatest need, yet intimate enough to make it personal. It’s not all that difficult for Him to send a couple truck drivers to witness His love to a waitress in need of His personal touch.
These divine appointments happen on a frequent basis. Some people call it coincidence, but to those God says hello, they know better.
Are you in need of God’s intimate touch just now? If so, ask for help and entertain hope. You just might encounter one of His children, sent on His behalf, to tell you He cares and is watching you with a Father’s love.
Prayer
“May I never doubt Your love for me, Father God. Amen.”
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