God-incidences!

Let me describe to you some "coincidences" (which I personally don't believe in, as Pastor Ralph from New York would say, God-incidences) that have occurred over the past few weeks. It could go back years to when we were invited to Desert Breeze Community Church.

That same friend who invited us to church, let's call him Joe (ok that's really his name!) recently introduced us to his friend Gary. When Joe met Gary and his wife, Terry, she was being treated for cancer and they had purchased a home in Phoenix to live while she was getting treatment. Without getting into any details, Gary and Terry prayerfully decided to move back to Tennessee with hospice. They talked about using the home in Phoenix for cancer patients to stay at while undergoing treatment. Sadly Terry passed away about 7 1/2 months ago. Recently Gary has offered the home to a couple of ministries, but none of them have been lead to accept his offer. He was contemplating selling the home but felt the Lord was telling him to wait...

Now move back a couple of months and our daughter, Tarrin, was introduced to Pastor Zook from Morningside Evangelical Presbyterian Church. They had a brief lunch meeting and parted company. A few days ago Tarrin received an email from Pastor Zook asking for help. A woman (who is a cancer survivor) was walking across America in support of our troops. While in Phoenix her cancer returned and she needed a place to stay while going through treatment. A church came up with emergency lodging for a few days and we contacted Gary about his home. Gary and Pastor Zook are now in touch.

All these introductions, meetings, emails may seem like coincidences but God has the entire plan under control and had it in the works long before we were aware of the needs. He put people in position to help those who need help and everyone involved had a choice - they could have said no to the prompting of the Holy Spirit but thankfully they said yes!