Isaiah 30:21 "And yor ears shall hear a word behind you, saying 'This is the way, walk in it,' when you trn to the right or when you turn to the left."
I park in a parking deck 3 blocks from where I stay. Everyday I walk the 3 blocks to my car and back to my house when I return. I always walk down Marietta st eventhough there is a side street that is a short cut. In the past I've been harassed and been left feeling uncomfortable when I use the short cut so I usually avoid it. But you know that feeling you get in your gut telling you that you should do something? Sometimes I heed it, sometimes I don't. One particular day I felt this tug in my spirit to take the short cut home. On the way I saw several people standing on the steps of a building so it got my attention. I noticed it was the health dept and thought to myself "Who would have eer known the health dept was on this back street? That's an odd location." I arrived home quickly and safely. The next day while walkng back to my car via Marietta, the more traveled path, I noticed a very pregnant Asian lady with a little boy. They were walking back and forth, clearly lost and scared. I asked her where she was trying to go, hoping to offer a friendly face even if I couldn't direct her. She said in broken English "food stamp office?" At first I had no idea so I asked he to repeat it, buying time for me to think of the area in my mind. Then like a light bulb I realized she was asking for the health dept. I gladly guided her down the alley to the side street and the building. I couldn't believe how ordained the whole situation was. Had I not heeded the tug in my spirit the day before I'd never had known where it was and shed have to continue to search nervously.
I know this is a small thing but it got me thinking "How much more does God have in store for me if I just listen to the still small voice telling me to go to the right or left?"
