I received yesterday what I call “a whoppin’ from the LORD.” I was about to send a friend an encouragement by email and let her know that I am praying for her. And I hesitated. One part of me said, “Send.” But another part (where did it come from?) said, “Don’t be annoying.” And I hesitated. I really absolutely don’t want to be an annoyance in someone’s life. And so I hesitated again. But after a few minutes of tug-of-war, I sent the email anyway.
Later in the day, I received an email from that very friend. She thanked me because as it turned out, she was right in the midst of a precarious and delicate situation. No details, just pray, please. And she had even forwarded my verse of encouragement to others who were involved.
I am so ashamed to have thought that it didn’t matter. Think again.
When Bill’s grandmother passed away suddenly quite a few years ago, we helped Bill’s folks clear out her apartment. In the process, I found a dresser drawer FULL of cards, some Hallmark greetings for literally decades of birthdays, Easter, Thanksgiving, and a hand-drawn Valentine that the month before she died our almost-two year old daughter had made for her. As I cleared out the drawer, I was reminded how many times I didn’t think it mattered whether we sent a card or not. But it did. She had kept every one of them.
So if the Spirit prompts you…KNOW that it matters. It matters a lot.
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Proverbs 3.27
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