Its testimony Tuesday again :).
There is a song by Maverick City (I love all their songs), but there is one called a Million Little Miracles that every time I listen to, I am reminded the many small ways God comes through for me so often that I could take for granted. This is one of those stories. So mid 2019, June to be precise, I was heading to an Executive Assistants Training in Dubai. First, I have to say that I am so grateful to have a boss who encourages continuous training, and a supervisor who is so supportive of me. Their belief in me is what drove me to this training which in turn led to the awards I would get later that year but that’s another story, back to this trip.
I am a planner, impulsive once in a while, but trips and stuff, I plan and plan and plan. So, this trip almost never happened because I got the dates wrong and didn’t realize that at least one of those nights in the hotel would be out of my own pocket but with some encouragement from both my supervisors, I decided, why not, let’s go learn something. I proceed to book my place in the conference which came with flights, hotel, the works. Now, while I know that Dubai is one of the safest places in the world, I still wanted the hotel to pick me up from the airport so I wouldn’t have to get a taxi and have to figure that out. Turns out it wasn’t part of the package and since they are there and know how easy it is to get from point A to point B, they, at the hotel assured me that getting a taxi to the hotel would be super easy.
I had made sure I was on a flight that got in at 5:00 PM in the evening while it was still light out because I do not like arriving in new places at night if I can help it. So I figured okay, all good, I will take the taxi when I get there, no problem. It was going to be a pretty long flight, Dakar to Nairobi, about ten hours, then another five hours to Dubai with a two hours layover but it was worth it. I land in Nairobi, head to my gate for the Dubai flight only to find it was delayed for five hours! This meant I would land in Dubai at 10:00 PM! Just what I was avoiding and to be honest, afraid of and as a result, my mind went into overdrive, all the possibilities, everything that could go wrong…… if you are an over-thinker like I am, you know what I am talking about.
As I am sitting there contemplating, I just ask God to take care of me and that I know there is a reason this is happening and for him to guide me through it. I am developing this attitude of when I am inconvenienced, to be aware that God has a plan that I cannot see but it is for my good, whatever it may be. Not always easy but when you have little choice like in this matter, what else can you do? I end up walking up and down the airport because I am afraid if I leave, I will get stuck in traffic and miss my flight. When I finally sit down, maybe two hours to the new departure time, I see someone waving at me from across where I was, but the place was so full of people waiting to travel, I assumed they were waving at someone else. Plus, they were a distance away so I couldn’t see their face clearly. I was fairly certain they were not waving at me because I didn’t know anyone here.
Have you ever waved back at someone and realized they weren’t waving at you? LOL! It can get awkward real fast! I kept ignoring him and finally he makes his way to me and I am stunned because in front of me is a guy I knew back from my high school days. I had not seen him in over 15 years! And he saw me from across the airport and came by to say hi. Here is the miraculous part of this story, not only was he was on the same flight I was slated to be on, he was based in Dubai and was going back to work after his vacation. And while we caught up on the many many years that had passed, we got on the same flight and once we landed, he guided me through the airport, made sure I got a taxi that knew exactly where to take me and gave me his contact info in case anything happened!
God used someone I hadn’t seen in over a decade to ease my fears and my travel. This is one of the many reminders I have that nothing is too small for God to hear. We serve a mighty God who cares for you, in big, grand ways and in small little ways too. As Jeremiah 32:17 says “Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.”
What do you consider small before the Lord today? And what would it hurt to ask Him for it?
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