The ways God puts people in our lives never ceases to amaze me.
I recently met a woman whose world had drastically changed within the past year, and we’ve walked together a couple of times. Almost immediately we discovered that we had something in common: she’s from St. Louis, too. Once a jet-setting flight attendant for a major airlines, she now lives in a one-bedroom cottage in a small Arkansas country town that her mother owns, raising chickens and canning—two things she’d never done previously. She does it now to survive. She has no idea what her future holds.
In spite of her circumstances, she is one of the few truly happy people I know…especially these days. She’s grateful for her current journey despite it not being one that she would’ve chosen for herself, and she’s especially grateful for everything she’s learning. She’s got a generous heart and shares what she does have—eggs—and they are so good.
My newfound friend’s gumption is inspiring, and I’m grateful our paths crossed when they did; it was serendipitous, and definitely orchestrated by God.🙏🏽 I’m grateful for strangers who become friends.🙏🏽
We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Thessalonians 1:3
