June 4 - Tiffany

Day One Hundred & Fifty Five.

Alright so, I was on my way home from a bible study and I still hadn't prayed for my stranger. So, as I do, I stopped by Kroger to see if I could hunt someone down. I prayed as I was walking into the store and felt like the Lord was leading me to the ice cream aisle. That's right, I said it. Jesus told me to buy ice cream.... and who am I to argue with the creator of the universe?? I figure there will probably be someone on the ice cream aisle and I can pray for them. I arrive, and sure enough, Tiffany is the only person there.

(Now, sometimes you feel led to a certain place and it's filled with 165 people. I don't know about you but in those moments I feel like I probably just didn't hear the Lord right.)

I asked if I could pray for her and you literally will not believe this. She is a pastor's wife and she lives out of state. She and her husband are in town for a conference and last night she was rushed to the ER for severe complications from diverticulitis. She has never had this happen before and has had no indication that she had this disease but on a trip where she and her husband could be growing and moving forward in their relationship with the Lord, and each other, they have to stop everything to spend the night in the hospital.

It's moments like these where I want to peek into the spiritual realm just for a minute and say: "I see you Satan." (wink emoji) Because seriously, he's not even original. Or creative. We have an enemy with no imagination. The hard part is recognizing him when he is up to something. We so easily explain away what we're seeing instead of giving credit where credit is due. #PreachingToMe

I told Tiffany that the Lord specifically asked me to come to the ice cream aisle and that of course I wasn't going to argue because Jesus wants me to have some ice cream but now I realize it was because he wanted to heal her today! We prayed for healing and spoke against the assignment that the enemy had for her and her husband. I blessed the rest of her time at the conference and she thanked me and thanked God. I thought it was so cool that she really needed ministry today. If she had been at home, someone from her church would have visited her in the hospital and prayed over her for healing. But she wasn't home, so God sent me.

After praying, I went to get what I came for, Kroger brand salted caramel chocolate truffle ice cream. And would you believe that they don't have it?!?! As a matter of fact, this is not the first time OR the first store that doesn't have it. I'm starting to think they may have discontinued the flavor which would be a huge problem for me but just convinces me further that bringing the Kingdom to Kroger is what I'm supposed to be doing with my time. It's fine, when the Holy Spirit changes the entire face of their company they can thank me by bringing my flavor back.