Hearing God’s Voice

In Aisle 14…In Walmart! What in the world?!!

Like Elijah, I didn’t hear Him in booming thunder, but it wasn’t a still small voice either.  It was definitely NOT what I expected, but sure as anything, God was talking directly to me!

My inappropriate response to His celestial message was not entirely my fault.

I had my throat slit the day before my birthday, which equaled no birthday cake. All I had on that special day was a ‘happy pill’ and a daylong nap. All I’ve thought about since is eating a piece of wonderfully sweet white cake with LOTS of frosting. It had been 12 days since that fateful day of deprivation.

A few hours after a lovely breakfast, Ronald and I headed for our typical date time – Walmart grocery shopping. I had five things on my list and in typical fashion, we came home with about fifty.

I have to defend myself at this point. The first stop was the fresh vegetable section. Being hungry gave me temporary insanity. I was suddenly hungry for salad stuff! How crazy is that? We did have a relatively healthy lunch made – until I added bacon, avocado, feta cheese, and rich, blue cheese dressing to all that green junk.

We moved past the bakery section. I ogled the cakes, but no way was I going to pay twenty dollars for a cake! Though they were very pretty. And looked luscious. I sighed in resignation and moved on.

I tend to be a hummer and sing softly as I traipse around a store. Today was no different as I sang an old hymn and picked item after item to add to my cart. My heart rejoiced as I hummed the words to “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. My stomach rumbled in overwhelming desire for ‘a little something sweet’ as our foster son, Tarik, used to say.

We made quick work of the rest of our list and extras – until we got to the back of the store.

The call of the white cake was still rambling around in the back of my mind.

As we rounded the corner, lo and behold, what was on the clearance shelves near the milk fridge? A white cake reduced for sale!

Now being a person of conscientious spending habits, I cannot reasonably pass up such a bargain. I continued toward the eggs, singing as I went, trying my best to resist temptation. I turned one more fateful time toward the cake.

I am not kidding! As I reached for the cake, the line of the song I was singing was – “Jesus knows my every weakness!” For real! I laughed hysterically and promptly put the cake atop the other thirty-seven items.

I’m sure it was God just teasing! He knew I REALLY wanted that cake. I’ve been a good girl for several weeks – or nearly two anyway. A little cake and a good laugh made my day! And I did give half to the girls who clean Mama’s apartment, so I can totally justify the purchase in my mind.

So call me crazy. I believe God is in the little moments of my every day life. “In Him I live, and move, and have my being!” He does know my every weakness, but loves me anyway! And that knowledge, folks, is worth takin’ to the bank!

I hope you find your own ‘God moments’ today and maybe have a smile or two.

        Blessings

                                KB