I began my walk this morning when a neighbor waved to me. She is going through a very difficult time; she confessed that her life seems without value and meaning. As we walked and talked, I could feel her despair and pain. It would be wonderful to think my words or my company “cured” her, but I know that’s not the case. The causes of her difficulties, the problems themselves, still exist. However, I do believe that God can use a simple, random meeting for His good. What may seem random can be purposeful, intentional in God’s plan. In an email later that afternoon, my friend talked about our shared time. She walked on feeling less alone, feeling she had shared pain but experienced a healing, feeling God’s touch upon her, even during a quiet walk. Each of us is on a walk, O Lord, a walk that sometimes is slowed by pain, by grief, by doubts. Help us find your chosen companions on these walks, and help us to be just such a companion to others.
I began my walk this morning when a neighbor waved to me. She is going through a very difficult time; she confessed that her life seems without value and meaning. As we walked and talked, I could feel her despair and pain. It would be wonderful to think my words or my company “cured” her, but I know that’s not the case. The causes of her difficulties, the problems themselves, still exist. However, I do believe that God can use a simple, random meeting for His good. What may seem random can be purposeful, intentional in God’s plan. In an email later that afternoon, my friend talked about our shared time. She walked on feeling less alone, feeling she had shared pain but experienced a healing, feeling God’s touch upon her, even during a quiet walk. Each of us is on a walk, O Lord, a walk that sometimes is slowed by pain, by grief, by doubts. Help us find your chosen companions on these walks, and help us to be just such a companion to others.