'Friends ARE God's way of taking care of us.'

Psalm
55:22 -                   

'Friends 
ARE God's way of taking care of us.'

This
was written by a Metro Denver Hospice
Physician:

-
I
was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on
Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and splutter and die - I barely
managed to coast into a gas station, glad only that I would not be blocking
traffic and would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck. It
wouldn't even turn over. Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking
out of the quickie mart building, and it looked like she slipped on some ice
and fell into a gas pump, so I got out to see if she was okay.

When I
got there, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than that she had
fallen; she was a young woman who looked really haggard with dark circles
under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up
to give it to her. It was a nickel.

At that moment, everything came
into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban crammed full of
stuff with 3 kids in the back (1 in a car seat), and the gas pump reading
$4.95.

I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just
kept saying 'I don't want my kids to see me crying,' so we stood on the other
side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California and that
things were very hard for her right now. So I asked, 'And you were praying?'
That made her back away from me a little, but I assured her I was not a crazy
person and said, 'He heard you, and He sent me.'

I took out my card
and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could fill up her car
completely, and while it was fueling, walked to the next door McDonald's and
bought 2 big bags of food, some gift certificates for more, and a big cup of
coffee. She gave the food to the kids in the
car, who attacked it like
wolves, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little.

She told me her name, and that she lived in Kansas City Her
boyfriend left 2 months ago and she had not been able to make ends meet. She
knew she wouldn't have money to pay rent Jan. 1, and finally in desperation
had finally called her parents, with whom she had not spoken in about 5 years.
They lived in California and said
she could come live with them and try to get on her feet there.

So she
packed up everything she owned in the car. She told the kids they were going
to California for
Christmas, but not that they were going to live there.
I gave her my
gloves, a little hug and said a quick prayer with her for safety on the road.
As I was walking over to my car, she said, 'So, are you like an angel or
something?'

This definitely made me cry. I said, 'Sweetie, at this
time of year angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses regular people.'

It was so incredible to be a part of someone else's miracle. And of
course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me
home with no problem. I'll put it in the shop tomorrowto check, but I suspect
the mechanic won't find anything wrong.

Sometimes the angels fly close
enough to you that you too can hear the flutter of their
wings...

Psalms 55:22 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall
sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.'

My
instructions were to pick four people that I wanted God to bless, especially
for the months left in2014,
and I picked you.

Please pass this to four people you want to be
blessed and a copy back to me.
Here is the prayer:

'Father,
I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and email buddies reading this right
now. Show them a new revelation of your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You
to minister to their spirit this very moment. Where there is pain, give them
Your peace and mercy. Where there is self doubt, release a renewed confidence
through Your grace, In Jesus' precious name. Amen.'

I
know I picked more than four -- you can, too.
When Satan is knocking at
your door, simply say, 'Jesus, could You please get that for
me.'