I’ll call her Lorraine. She’s going through a hard time. In tears, she said, “Something told me to walk across the street to this church. I don’t know what I would have done without the support I’ve found here. I’d probably be dead by now. I thought many times about jumping off the Indian River Bridge.”
His name was Ed. He died in his early forties of a heart attack. At his funeral, a young man stood to share what Ed had meant to him. “One night about 2:00 a.m. my phone rang. It was Ed. He said he woke from a sound sleep, and something just told him to call me. He didn’t know I had my shotgun ready to take my own life. We talked a long time, and because of Ed, I decided to live. I’ll always be grateful.”
I’ve had experiences like that. Haven’t you? Little messages, little impressions have come to me. Pick up the phone. Call Deb. Pray now. Send a note to Rachel. Tell your mom she needs to forgive. Tell that stranger, “God bless you.” Sometimes I’ve listened and followed through, and sometimes I haven’t.
We’ll never know this side of life what our obedience to those inner promptings meant for us or to others.
Something, or Someone? I believe those little nudges come from the Spirit of the Living Christ, the Helper, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit speaking life. Heartache and difficulty come to everyone. God knows and prompts those who listen to give or receive help and comfort.
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