Yay God Moment

I have a fabulous yay God moment to share with you today. It almost didn't happen, but I followed through! There is a guy I went to school with, my earliest memories of being in class with him go back to at least fourth grade, probably before that even. So I've known him for a long time, we have never been close, and in high school I really didn't like him most of the time. What, then, would you say are the odds that I would dream about him and no one else that I went to school with? I don't dream about my friends from high school, or even enemies. Unless I dream about being in high school, and even then old friends that I interact with aren't really active in my dreams, they don't play any central role. But with this one guy... I dream about every so often, a few months will go by and I'll have another dream about him. They are never very happy dreams, I can't remember the details of them, but the idea sticks: something isn't right.

When I have these dreams they disturb me, and I set out trying to find him some how to see if he's ok. I don't generally put much meaning to my dreams because in general they are rather violent and unhappy so I don't pay much attention. With him though I just had to make sure. I would look for a way to find him to no success, and kind of forget about it until I dreamed of him again. I dreamt of him a few nights ago and happened to be on facebook the next day and decided to take a shot at finding him there, and sure enough there he was! So I "friended" him and waited a day to think about how to approach the subject. After all "hey I haven't seen you in three years but I have dreams about you and they're bad" seems like kind of a weird thing to just pop up and say.

Well after thinking about it I decided there really isn't another way to say it with out sounding insincere when asking how he's doing. I resolved to send him a message last night, but I got sick yesterday and didn't do much of anything. I got up today, still not feeling well, and thought to myself that this is probably just silly and I'm being paranoid and nothing is wrong. He's fine, he doesn't need me prying into his life, after all why should he tell me anything anyway? We were never really friends. I almost didn't send him a message, I was really close to just calling the whole thing off, but at the last second I decided to try anyway despite sounding like a crazy person.

I wrote to him and explained that I have been dreaming about him every once in a while and that the dreams usually aren't very good ones and that I wanted to know how he was. I was careful to explain that I really do want to know. You know how sometimes you see someone you haven't seen in a while and there's that awkward "so how are you?" question that comes up, and really don't want to know how they are. You want them to say "I'm doing good." and leave it at that so that you don't have to get hung up with them in more awkward conversation. I wanted to make sure that he didn't just give me the answer most people want to hear, I really wanted to know how he was and I tried to convey that with the knowledge he would probably just ignore me.

I really didn't expect to get a reply, and if I did get a reply I didn't expect him to actually open up to me. That's where the yay God moment comes in. He did reply, and quickly at that, and even better he answered my question completely and honestly. I was quite shocked at what he revealed to me about what has been going on in his life and how hard it has been over the past year. He had no good reason to trust me with what he told me, and if I had been him I probably wouldn't have revealed so much to a person that I wasn't close to. He allowed me into a very personal place in his life, and I am so honored that he did so, and so proud of him for sharing it because it wasn't easy. Even more, I am so honored that the Lord chose to use me in this instance to gain some insight into his life and being able to pray for him in a more intimate way. And to think that I almost left this guy hanging because I thought it was a dumb thing to ask of someone I really barely know.

So now I get to pray for him and the situations he is facing and I'm really excited about it! I'm excited for him because I know that things are going to get better for him. I can't explain how I know it, and to tell him that would probably seem insensitive to where is at right now, but I know it. I know that what he is going through now, God is going to use in the future to change some person's life. I know because God has done that in my life. I'm excited for his future, because it's going to be absolutely splendid and in the end absolutely perfect. In the midst of this I've learned something too. I've learned that when I get a feeling like that, that I need to find some one and talk to them, that I should just do it before I start to worry that I'm going to sound like I'm crazy. That I shouldn't hesitate, because in that moment of hesitation I could lose the opportunity to show someone the love of Christ.

Ready for the challenge? Here it is: when you feel like God speaks to you and that you need to act, then ACT because it is more important than you can see right then and there. If the Lord quickens your heart to speak to someone, even though it seems odd to speak to them about something, just do it and don't be afraid. Trust that the Lord is using you to help someone who might not otherwise be helped. Show that person love, even though it doesn't make sense in they way you feel you need to do it. Pay attention, and be aware of the Lord speaking into your heart in everything you do. The truth is you can't afford not to pay attention and be aware.

Then at the end of the day you can say YAY GOD!!!