The unexpected is the best blessings

On my drive home this morning so many things were running through my head but there was one thing that has continued to remind me that God has His own time table and sometimes very unexpected. Brings me to something that helped me recently. Actually just gave me a acknowledgement that not everything is understood or necessarily ok until it's ok. 

We expect our friends and family to support us, encourage us and just let us know that it will be ok. I need all this and I don't want to down play it at all, encouragement is great. I'm glad I had  a few to encourage me, tell me I was doing the right thing with my mom. Though I didn't feel like I was and I'm not totally convinced yet. I know in my head it was the right thing. You know how you here, it will be alright, give it time, she'll be better off etc , well you don't know these things, if you haven't had to make a choice like this you don't actually know. Well here's my unexpected thing, a lady from church, who I don't usually have conversations with, we speak but nothing more, came up to me and said the best thing ever. She touched my heart, she didn't pretend to understand, she actually said I don't know what your going through but I'm sure it's hard, she hugged me and said if I need prayer day or night to call. Hmmm, something so unexpected really blessed me. It was a surprise because we expect these kinds of words or actions from those we communicate with all the time. 

I really believe that when God uses people to do His work, when they follow through we get a since of being acknowledged and for me a since of relief. I believe God does the unexpected all the time just so we will pay attention. 

We don't always here what we need to from those around us as we should because sometimes we expect it, we know what they are going to say so we don't really listen. Me I will usually just go with, or say I know or keep praying for me. 

I still smile just because of something that may have been so simple coming from this lady was huge for me. Just knowing she didn't pretend she understood or down played how hard it was for me was words I needed to here. 

Staying planted in what we know is great, unmovable in our belief, but bending with the winds at times is good it strengthens our roots, storms come through and shake us some but we still stand firm, but I will add sometimes not focusing on the same is good ,because sometimes we might miss the unexpected. A wind might blow through to cause you to look a different way and find a new answer, it might ruffle your leaves and cause you to blow in a different direction. I know things will be ok and eventually I will feel better about my decisions but for now knowing it's ok to cry and having people to pray for me and not pretend to get it is good for me. I know God uses His people in all sorts of ways. If ever your heart and soul is telling to say something or just give a hug , do it, this might be the unexpected blessing you needed to give and be the best thing to comfort someone else. 

I know I have said actions are better then words, but you put them together and mean what you say, Gods gonna bless. Thank you to all my family and friends for praying for me and thank you Melissa for being my unexpected smile of relief :)