Tag: Gas station

God Laughs

Tales from the road: 2023 Magical Ministry Tour (Beatles, silly) 3.28.23

I stopped at a Kwik Trip in Wisconsin to use the facilities and walked by a young woman who looked around 20, applying makeup in the bathroom mirror.

God said to me as I entered a stall,” She has low self-esteem. Speak to her.”

Ok, God. She has nice hair. I’ll give her a compliment.

Aggghhh NO! I don’t have time. I need to get back on the road. Bad hair day. My hair looks like an overgrown Chia Pet. Besides, I really dislike even talking to young people in public. You know… stranger danger! 🙂

I started to wash my hands and was going to say something about her hair, and God laughed. He had other plans.

“Hi, not to be weird, but God is telling me He has better things for you to do and not to settle……”

Before I can finish, she whips around “Are you judging me because I am putting on make-up while I am working? That I should be doing something else?.” Merrowwwww!!!!!

“No, no I just heard from…..”

“Who told you to tell me?” Now she is upset, but she is only waving an eyeliner pencil at me and I think I could take her.

“No, God told me… ” then I went into how He wants her to be happy and do what makes her heart sing, even if she has to go back to school….. and then I see her eyes soften and I can tell Daddy God is touching her heart.

So I finish my word and as I walk out the door I add ” I am not trying to evangelize you, I don’t care you are putting on makeup and didn’t even know you worked here.”

The young woman smiled and thanked me as I turned to see an older woman coming out of a stall with a huge grin on her face.

I thought we were alone in the bathroom! Oh well. She was probably a Christian, just like me, enjoying the spiritual ear hustling.

Make it a God-awesome weekend.

Never An Inconvenience

As I drove home from the dentist, I felt an urgent need to remove the salt from my car. “Nah, it’s too cold; I’ll do it tomorrow. God whispered, ” Go to the Holiday station near your old house and give the car wash attendant a $5 tip.” I thought, “Really? 5 bucks? I’m retired now.” God laughs. Ever heard God laugh in your head? It’s delightful yet directive. Hard to argue with Big Sky Daddy.

As I changed course, I heard, “Tell him he is smarter than he thinks and that I love him.” Ok. I know God will have more to say when I open my mouth. I sure hope so; I always feel weird just saying, “God loves you!” Like it’s just a cliche. Or it is a phrase some Christians drop before they force fear salvation on someone. Like God loves you! Where do you think you will go when you die? Now let’s get you going up instead of down!” 🙂

I smiled as I pulled up to the gas pump until I reached for my debit card and the contents of my purse dumped out. Dumped out as in it landed in between my seats. Yikes! My pudgy hand couldn’t squeeze in there, and I will have to dig it out later. I chose a gas, added a car wash, and hoped that the receipt with the car wash code would print out when I was done. Nope. Now I am annoyed. It is cold and busy, and I now have to go into the store for the receipt. Suddenly I am not feeling much like Jesus. It’s easier to feel holy when we aren’t inconvenienced. God whispered, “This isn’t about you.”

I finally pulled into the car wash, and a really young man in dreads waved me in. “Oh, this should be interesting. Maybe he doesn’t even believe in God.” God whispered, ” Looks are deceiving.” ” I hand him the $5 and blurt. “I don’t want you to think I’m weird or anything but God told me on the way over here to tell you that you are smarter than you think and have more resources than you are aware of. He loves you and wants you to be happy. Don’t let those around you pressure you to follow a path you don’t want to.”

He looked shocked, and then his mouth dropped open. I suddenly felt some guilt. Like he thought he had to stand there and listen to me because I handed him some money. He put his hand up to give me a high 5. “Thank you so much! Do you know how much I needed to hear this today? I really needed to hear this. God uses the minds of men as His mouthpiece. I can’t believe God would send you over here just to tell me this! This is amazing.” I smiled. “Well. you can’t out cool God.” I then told him the city where I live and that God had sent me back to my old neighborhood to this gas station. “Wow, just for me. I will definitely remember the words God spoke through you.” “Yes, just for you.” He gave me another high five, and as my car started to be dragged by the conveyor, I shouted over the noise,” And He told me to hand you $5 and to go buy something to drink.” Again, the attendant’s mouth dropped open, and I smiled as this obviously meant something too.

We make this too difficult! People tell me all the time they want to do a ride-along with me when God gives me words for people. I’m afraid you will be bored. Better to ask God to help you speak out what you hear without fear. Even if it is inconvenient.

My most immense joy is to have Big Sky Daddy adventures and share them with others. Reminds me that He is for real, loves me, and someday I am going UP too!

Start sharing those stories!

Wishing you God’s richest blessings, Beloveds.