Divine Appointments?

[Pro1728]

I had something very unexpected happen to me yesterday. I wondered if any of you have ever had similar experiences.

 

I’ve recently found a park that is very special to me. It’s just off the freeway, but it has a bridge that crosses over into a sort of nature trail. (Not exactly the remote wilderness, but enough to forget about work anyway.) Since I’ve discovered it, it is something I look forward to eagerly. Whenever I can, I go there with my binoculars and bible and walk out to where there are some benches about a mile and a half away. Places out in nature have always been where God feels closest and reading the bible comes much more naturally with nothing but birds around rather than cramming it into a busy schedule as we often do. Contrary to having blathered my entire pathetic life story in a very disastrous post, (Bleh. Still squirming), typical me prefers to keep a bit to myself. If a friendly looking family or couple pass me on the trail, I might smile, but if it is a male, I will nearly always fix my eye on some distant point and stride pass as quickly as possible.

 

Perhaps a week or two ago, I was striding along and up ahead I could see someone in a wheelchair. (It is a paved trail through the naturalized landscape and it backs up to businesses nearby.) I was looking off to the side as per usual, but I just happened to glance over and was startled to see that he was young and rather good looking. He greeted me and gave me a dazzling smile and I was glad I hadn’t averted my eyes as though this other person were invisible. It did strike me that a smile like that was real joy, not those fake things we put on to keep up appearances. But I didn’t think much more of it than that, until yesterday.

 

I was sitting on the bench reading and then I saw him coming towards me. (And yes, I admit it. I had that, “Oh, no” reaction.) He asked me what I was reading and then began telling me his life story, how he used to be in the partying scene, drugs, alcohol, etc. until he got into a terrible car accident. How God moved in his life and took the pain away and replaced it with joy. Then he told me that, “The whole way down here, God put you on my heart. I didn’t know why but He really wanted me to tell you that you are especially on His heart right now.” “But you’ve only seen me one time!” I said. But he just kept saying that God had really put that impression on him to talk to me and pray with me.

 

I’m still not quite sure how I feel, actually. I mean it seems very special if God really did make such a tangible demonstration, but I must admit I felt a little edgy at the same time. I just wondered if anyone of you had ever experienced something that others might call a “divine appointment.”

[ayin jade]

Ive encountered things like this too. He has clearly brought folks together for whatever reason, to spread the gospel, to encourage someone etc. 

[kwikphilly]

Blessings Pro1728

     Absolutely,many times & to God be the Glory,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,receiving the Joy of the Lord,praying with a stranger,2 people giving God Honor & Glory is nothing unusual in His Kingdom,for His children,...............Bask in His Blessing                 With love-in Christ,Kwik

[Openly Curious]

Yes God has used people to meet with me on several occasions they were divine appointments.  God knew what was in your heart during those times you went out to the park and he saw you sitting there and met with you.  That is so cool.

[Dawn33]

God sent two Christians to me when I was a new Christian looking for a church. At the time I had gotten caught up in a very cult like church. God apparently had other plans for me and did not want me in this church....He uses us and I hope I can do the same for someone one day.

[Fez]

Yes absolutely. It's how I met my wife. Only God could have brought us together.

 

Her testimony (which is not on Worthy), is amazing and she has been invited to share it as an entire sermon in our church as well as other meetings.

 

So yes, and if it feels like God's hand is on this, and you feel comfortable, pray about it and let God do the rest, whatever the rest might be.

[Willa]

Yes, and one such appointment, though slightly different, occurred when one of our mods, Fez in South Africa, sent Nigel (NCN) a message when he most needed it. Fez was in the quiet of the jungle discribing the sights and sounds of the beauty of the day. Nigel was in a clinic about to receive a round of chemo therepy. It was a divine appointment that he so needed. God is so good to know when we need to be encouraged and need a friend. God does put people on our hearts to witness to or to reach out to.

Unfortunately, some people misinterpret this. I had this happen at another church concerning a new young couple. God put them so strongly on my heart but I did not know them and felt that they needed to be included by other young couples. I prayed for them intensely but could not let it drop. Finally I called their home and spoke to him since his wife was indisposed.. He was upset but would not say why. Asking what I could do, he finally said that he had played the drums for a punk band and wanted to be in another band. I knew a young music teacher who was working on a doctorate in percussion, and called him, asking him if he would listen to the kid play and perhaps include them socially as well. He was also in charge of our music team at church. Well, the kid is now playing drums for that church. Unbeknown to me, It was a pivotal point of his life. His bride had just left him. The music teacher's ministry kept him on the right path and helped to give him stability during the crisis. But I was attacked by his mother who viciously railed on me for gossiping about him. I had known NOTHING to gossip about. No one had told me a thing and the last thing I wanted to be was a busy body or a gossip. She could not understand how God can put people on our hearts and that we can be an instrument in divine appointments.