Greatest
Hour of Need
I didn’t notice the
woman who sat alone with her hands folded and her head bowed down. I really
didn’t pay any attention to others coming to sit in our row at the church that
evening. We came for a night of old time Gospel music and worship, but God did,
and He had a plan to use me for another’s greatest hour of need.
“I will be
your God throughout your lifetime-until you hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry
you along and save you.”
Isaiah
46:3-4 NLT
At
intermission we were to meet and greet others around us. I was standing up and
saying hello to my neighbors in front of me when I heard one of my companions’
say, “You need to meet the lady sitting next to you, Dee will understand even
more than I.”
I
looked at the woman with her head bent and tears flowing and the Lord flooded me
with uncommon mercy. I didn’t speak a word to her but slid over and sat beside
her.
I’m not normally overly demonstrative in
affection to strangers but the next thing I knew my arm slipped around her
shoulder and I drew this stranger to me until her head rested upon me. She did
not shy away but leaned into me and wept and wept.
When
she could compose herself she whispered softly, “My husband died a week ago
today.”
What
a wonderful God we have who so wonderfully comforts and strengthens us in our
hardships ad trials. And why does He do this? So that when others are troubled and
needing our sympathy and encouragement, we can pass on to them the same help
and comfort God has given us.
We
don’t know who, but God does, we don’t know where or when, but God always does.
What a joy to be His instrument of peace and love. Better than banjos, more
uplifting than songs is a heart that is chosen to be used by God.
Let us always be ready at any moment, any
place or any time for God to call upon us to be His arms to hug, His hand to
hold someone in their greatest hour of need.
“Greatest
Hour of Need” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© February 12, 2014
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