God Appointments

after a wonderful afternoon and evening with dear friends, precious baby snuggles and catch up time we loaded up our troops and all manner of paraphernalia we started our hour and a half trek towards home. mama was the choice of pilot cause dad wanted to kick back and snooze and the rest were settling in to do much of the same. shortly into the journey the pilot decides that for the guarantee of everyone's safe arrival to scheduled destination it would be in everyone's best interest to fill the family ride with fuel and get the pilot something to slurp on so as not to join the rest in slumber! so we pulled into a little gas station/convenient store and not surprising at all the kiddoes all roused enough to realize if mamas getting a drink they require one as well so my 16 year old kindly gets out and begins fueling while mama takes and fills drink requests. as I came out of the store with our body fuel and prepared to continue our journey I noticed a nice little white car parked off to the side and about the same time I saw a young girl maybe 17-18ish making her way nervously towards me with a distressed look on her pretty face. I glanced at her and smiled then continued about my business but it wasn't but a few seconds and I heard, ma'am, ma'am......I walked towards her and said yes?? she wrapped her arms around her middle and said, I don't ever do this is but I don't know what else to do and I keep calling my mom but no one answers and I need gas and I always use a card and I forgot my card and have no cash and I don't know what else to do, could you help me? there has been so many times I've driven passed those holding help wanted, or homeless signs and have felt torn in how to respond but this time there was no question in my heart and mind, no nervousness, no doubting her story no hesitation. I looked her in the eyes, eyes filled with a slight panic and a silent please let this be help and I said hang on a sec. and let me see what I got. I turned and rummaged through my purse and came up with fifteen dollars, I grabbed it and turned to hand it to her seeing her still with her arms wrapped tightly around herself and nervously shifting from foot to the other, and said here, it's not a lot but it's all I got and it's yours, then I gave her a hug and said i pray you get home safely. startled she hugged me back and couldn't get done thanking me! as i crawled in my family ride and once again prepared to embark on the rest of our journey home i saw she had pulled up to the pump and had her gas lid open and was in the store. at this point i noticed all was relatively quiet among my troops and i felt the eyes of hubby and son on me, as i got onto the highway hubby breaks the silence with, what was that about with a not so amused expression on his face?? and i hear my son say yeah, what did you do?? so i explained and there was absolutely no verbal response, only another look i could only define as, i think she's nutso!! then total silence and slumber. i on the other hand was thankful for the silence, i couldn't get the girls face outta my mind, and i kept thinking my son is sixteen and now driving and feeling quite independent at times and i pray to God if he ever finds himself in a situation anything like this young lady did that there would be someone God would place in that moment to be there for him. thinking on it the whole way home gave me time to pray for her and for the part of her story that i don't know. it didn't enter my mind not to believe her, and through out the rest of that week and many times since she has come to mind and i feel led to pray for her and i can't help but think tho our paths crossed very briefly i believe it was God appointed. there was so many things i thot of later i could have done, i could've said pull your car up here and i'll use my card and fill it, but, i don't think that's what i was supposed to do, cause that would have made it feel to her like i don't trust her and i believe she needed more to believe that she could trust me! and while we were there there was a rough grungy looking Harley rider there clad in leather, tattoos and chains, I'm not one that likes to categorize and judge people on their appearance etc. and I'm not a fearful of person of those that are rough looking cause I've found some of those souls have the kindest hearts and most are hiding behind their look because of past hurts, but as i walked past this gentleman i smiled and said hello and was met with hard eyes and almost disdain so to me he was one i would have used caution around, anyway thinking of this young girl i thot you know what if i wouldn't have helped her out and the only person left to turn to was mr. Harley and what if she would have asked and he would have agreed but only with stipulations and some form of evil self gratification?? i know my imagination runs rampant at times but hey theres crazies out there!! and all this reiterated in my heart and mine that we are put in peoples path for a reason, we are called to serve and reach out and hear Jesus and then i wondered how many times I've left Jesus down and didn't listen to His nudge to hold one of His needy souls in whatever tiny way i could. even if it's just a smile, a genuine reaches your eyes and says I've got Jesus kind of smile, or a go ahead i got the door, or..........there are so many small ways if we put aside our rush through life to the next point on our agenda life style! and what if the verse about entertaining angels unawares included a pretty stranded teenage girl...............