Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my Path – Psalm 119:105

Last night I decided to go for a short walk but something pushed me to go a bit further than I had planned. As I kept going I passed a friend’s house (she plays the guitar in the church I cantor in). Again, I felt that gravitational pull so I turned and walked up her driveway. She was sat in her car crying for a friend that isn’t expected to make it through the weekend. I sat with her for a while and spent some time talking with her at her kitchen table. She said she had prayed for a friend to be with her, that she asked for an angel and I showed up. I’m far from an angel but I believe God led me to be with her in her time of grief. Yesterday I was feeling sad and I prayed to God for some reassurance and comfort, my friend told me she waited thirty five years to meet her husband and that good things come to those who wait. She also told me before she met her husband; an elderly neighbor came by and told her she had a message from God that she would meet her husband in six months – and it happened!! My experience last night was an example of serendipity, I was praying for reassurance from God and my friend’s story comforted me in the loneliness I felt yesterday and at the same time I was present to my friend in her sadness . It’s amazing what can happen when you let the current of God’s spirit bring you to new shores of hope…