I Want You Awake

God has been up to some pretty cool stuff in my life and the Holy Spirit woke me up this morning at 6:25am and said, "I want you awake! It is time to write!". Oh, I love Him so! Stephanie, maybe you helped encourage this with all your "Rise Up" talk yesterday. :) Anyway, He reminded me of something that happened recently that I thought I'd share.

Travis and I went away for a few days - just the two of us - to Las Vegas. Very interesting trip. We enjoyed marveling at the creativity of the different casino resorts - I've never been to Paris or Venice, but the way we humans can replicate things is pretty amazing. That's the trouble with Vegas (well, one of the troubles) - it's all an illusion. Everything is a duplication - a dupe if you will. There is nothing real and nothing is as it seems. Anyway, by Saturday we were so ready to get out of there and get home. Travis and I are in the middle of doing Beth Moore's "Daniel" bible study and how perfect that God would throw a trip for us to the heart of our hedonistic, Babylonian-esque culture while we're studying this man "full of integrity while living an enticing world". Ah, but I digress...

On our arrival back home at DFW airport, we walk out to catch our bus to get to the very-far-off-the-beaten-path parking lot (so we could save $2) and I notice Travis beginning to frantically look for something. I'm wondering, "What in the heck is he doing?" So I ask. He can't find the ticket with the phone number of the very-far-off-the-beaten-path parking lot. Yes, that's right - they don't just drive past every 10 minutes like the others. And we can't remember the name of the lot to even call information. I'm tired, I want to get home to see my babies - and I'm really about to get upset at him. My automatic reaction was to be critical and annoyed so I stopped and prayed. (I've also been studying Colossians with some women at my church and boy, did studying that book come in handy this particular evening!) I prayed, "Lord, I ask that you give me a spirit of helpfulness to Travis. And please send someone to help get us to our car!"

Well, don't you know, two minutes later, a women driving a bus for another lot stopped (we're now the only people waiting in the pickup area and it's 9:30 at night) and asked if we needed a pickup. Travis explained our situation and she said that she knew the name of the company and told us. We were so thankful at this point - hello! That is awesome - we have the name - yea! She began to drive off and then stopped - she opened her door and said that she found their number in her phone and that she used to work for them! Now this is even better! Thank you, Lord, for Your provision!

When our bus arrives, we get in and sit down and I happen to look up front where the driver is sitting and there is a sign next to the door that read: "Your protection is my number one concern: Jesus".

I love Jesus! I love God's sense of humor - hello, that our driver would be named Jesus cracks me up!!!

In all seriousness, I am thankful for this episode. He highlighted to me how I've grown in Him. Sometimes I've asked God to show me the fruit and He did here. I am thankful for His provision - it comes in ways so you know, only He could have done that. Oh, I love Him so!

I praise you today Jesus! May everything I do today glorify and honor You.