Just yesterday I decided to bring my children to the playground then go to the shop. Whilst at the playground I saw a poster of a missing cat. I had a quick glance and continued supervising my children playing with other children while waiting for my husband to join us after his park run. I waited for my husband to arrive and at the same time I wanted my children to finish playing so we could all go to the shop but they had such a good time playing that they were unfazed with time. Once my husband arrived, Jean-Luc (my eldest son) still wanted to play with his new found friends so my husband looked after him while I proceeded to the shop with Janick (my youngest son). So half way on the journey I met a former church member who had just come down from the bus at a bus stop and we saw each other at the same time. She was waiting and smiling at me holding her luggage. I recognised her straightaway and commented how glorious and beautiful she looked. I asked her whether she had just arrived back from her holiday and she said yes - Portugal. We were so happy to see each other again even though it was a brief catch up.
After my first shopping I was on my way to the next, while walking there I met a neighbour who was distributing leaflets and I said "hi" to him and then I saw on the leaflet his face there as a church pastor and speaker. I was so happy for him and he was very happy to see me too and he took time to talk to me about his upcoming events and encouraged me to join their church service and event. So now I know I have a neighbour who is a pastor and am always happy to see more people knowing Jesus and having more people praying for our neighbourhood, nation, etc. Praise the Lord we have good neighbours around us who help look after one another.
While I was at the second shop I found promotion of an item and what a bargain that not many boxes were left but I was able to find 2 boxes of 30 fish fingers for £8 instead of another offer of 2 boxes of 26 fish fingers for £8 with the same brand. God is good! So after my shopping, I proceeded home and walked past the same playground that my kids were playing earlier. Suddenly a swift, bouncy, scruffy-looking black and white persian cat with piercing orange eyes came out from the bushes looking at me and kept looking. It suddenly dawned on me that that cat could possibly be the missing cat on the poster under the bridge at the playground. I quickly took out my phone and take a picture of her then proceeded back to the playground where the poster was to double check and voila the cat looked very much like the one on the poster so I called the owner Tom and asked him whether his cat is still missing and he said yes and I gave him the exact location of the cat I just saw. I sent Tom the photos of the cat and the exact location I last saw it appeared. Hours passed and the owner Tom thanked me for reuniting him with his cat. He found his cat exactly at the place based on the photos and he and his partner came to our house this morning and presented me with a thank you card, 2 lollies for the children and cash reward.
Photos of the found cat and my thank you card:<
Wow what a divine orchestration! I have never thought that someday I would help someone to reunite with their beloved pet. I was surprised too to find out that one of my neighbours is a pastor of a church. So glad to see the joyful and glorious face of a former church member waiting to greet me. What a day! I can see God's hands and guidance in every step I make and everywhere I go. I know it's all divinely orchestrated.
I remember how God brought us four best friends together in 2007 onwards when I first arrived in Britain with my brother. By obeying an altar call that led me to meet with two friends that became my best friends and as a result one thing led to another that God sent someone to the table I was sitting while waiting for a friend to arrive at Pastor Joseph Prince's Hillsong conference in 2009 that she too eventually became my best friend and as a result of that three of us went on a biblical tour together to Egypt, Israel and Jordan in 2010 that marked the beginning of several other holidays we went on together until two of us got married in 2013 and 2014 respectively and have children. We still keep in touch and are very close and supportive to each other even to this day although sadly one had parted ways from us due to personal reasons but we are upholding her in prayer. Friends are so precious and the best friend of all we could possibly have is Jesus as He is always and forever will be with us, never will he leave us nor forsake us. He is with us in good times and in bad times.
People we meet, jobs and positions we have, places we go, schools our children are attending (although we are praying that Jean-Luc will get into another school that we have put his name on the waiting list for), the church we are attending, where we live and the country we are living in, the children and parents and relatives we have and are assigned to by birth - whether they are regarded good or bad - God has his purposes and reasons for us all. He sees it all and holds our future securely in His hands. If we recognise that our steps are guided by the Lord then we know even in the midst of trials, we are an overcomer in our thoughts and actions to be a peacemaker, be wise, sensible, kind, compassionate, to intercede and pray, help, love and guide, etc those God placed in our lives
Time is in God's hands - whether you are stuck in a traffic jam or you are late or too early or just at the right place at the right time are all divinely orchestrated. So don't panic or agitate no matter what, be still and know that He is God. Learn to flow in the rhythm of God's grace. Whatever that comes up, do what is the best and if opportunity arises use it to encourage, help and bless others without expecting reward.
God bless you all! Don't be troubled nor be disheartened. Whatever you face right now it will be useful for you in future. Persevere and give the best in everything that you have been entrusted with and God is there to guide your step as you keep honouring Him and being yourself. Have the right perspective in life too.
So let us not complain nor talk negatively about something or someone as God said to me a few days ago when I was complaining to him about the pain in my arms. He said to me that having bad thoughts or still being a bit angry at someone is still not forgiveness. I thought so long as I don't do bad things back at that someone or I already said I have forgiven that person in my heart that's forgiven on my part; but in fact so long as you still harbour resentment and anger and have negative thoughts of that person that means you have not forgiven that someone. So from now onwards I have to be careful with my thoughts and tongue. Choose to pray and trust God to turn things around. Bless and not curse. Entrust all to God and let Him handle it for us. We rest in the confidence of His ultimate capable hands and divine orchestration.
Numbers 23:19
19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? 20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
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