Today is Saturday and I could only sleep in until 7 even though I had until 8 or so until I needed to get up. Nothing is planned today and so I thought today would be a great day to knock out my book I need to read for class. I ended up reading about two and a half chapters of Loren Cunningham's book called " is that really you God?". It is so good! I could read it all day but my "no plans" kind of day, ended up being a "full day of plans" kind of day. Before I knew it, I was loading 6 of my YWAM sisters into my Honda CRV and heading to downtown Denver. We thought that we would just be going to be "girls just hanging out". Nope, God always has a better plan than what we could ever hope for. We all started out singing praise songs and playing the beautifully painted piano (it was real) on 16th street, where the outdoor mall is at.
That turned into a circle of prayer which, turned into us sporadically blessing people as God lead us. When I got a chance to think, I asked God to show me who He wanted me to talk to. Before I knew it, He showed me a young lady (prolly in her 20's) sitting on a bench all alone. He told me "go tell her that she is not alone and that I am with her in her situation". I questioned Him for a little bit...I even came as far as walking away and just telling Him that she isn't it. But as I walked further away, my heart kept beating faster and faster like it was Him knocking on my heart to do what He has asked me to do. My YWAM sisters were talking about all of their experiences and was about to go find a bathroom. I told them I needed to go do something and that it was a God thing and for them to wait just a moment. I walked up to this lonely young lady sitting on a bench in the middle of 16th street and said "hey! I'm sorry to bother you, But God wanted me to tell you...your not alone and that He is with you wherever you go." When I had finished her facial expression went from "happy to see me" to "that was exactly what I needed to hear". Her face began to turn red as tears came into her eyes. She then asked me "how did you know?". I told her that God just had been speaking to me and wanted me to come over here and tell you that. I then asked for her name and asked to pray over her, which she didn't hesitate to answer yes to. As I began to pray over her, I felt as if a blanket of peace and joy came over the both of us. When I was done she asked me where I was from. I felt like an angel for a moment. But then told her I live in Arvada going to YWAM. What she told me what was going on in her life, was less than what was really going on and I could tell. I could tell she was feeling a little more relieved of my words, than what she herself could know and truly comprehend. She told me " you made my day". Afterwards I truly understood my dreams and visions in coming to YWAM and bringing people to Jesus. All the years I have waited for this, all the hopes and longings of wanting to help people that are broken and see their lives completely flip around. I knew from that moment on, I want more of that. I also know, this is just the beginning and God will only bring me more words to speak thru me to others hearts. I am excited!:)
Tonight we had a worship/soak setting. It was not scheduled! It just happened and boy does God know how to move into this place.
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Katie Jones
