Funny how God works!

So last week I decided I would check out one of the protestant services on Wheeler or Schofield Barracks. It's been a LONG time since I attended a church service at a post chapel..... March 1991 at Ft. Gordon, GA in AIT to be exact! So I went to the website and checked out times for the services and found a protestant service at 10:30 am at the chapel closest to where I live. I was pretty excited when I got up yesterday morning, cheerily waking oldest dd who's now become a "tween" and isn't fond of mornings on the weekend and off to the shower I went. We were all ready for church and heading out the door w/ plenty of time to spare. We arrive and the parking lot is PACKED so we had to park down this little ally and walk down to the church.... by the time we get in there it's 10:30 and the chapel is PACKED the girls and I walk in looking for a place to sit only for the service to begin and much to my surprise it was a CATHOLIC service.... or seemingly appearing as such. So the girls and I quietly walk out of the chapel to the table outside and I asked the lady if it was in fact a Catholic service... sure enough. So I asked when is the Protestant service and she tells me 9 and 12.... okay maybe we'll come back for the twelve o'clock service. But really I just wanted to be in church and NOW not wait til noon.

I decided to asked if anyone knew how to get to the Baptist church in the town just down the road. Another lady was very helpful and drew me a little map and off I went.... KNOWING that the service began at 10:45! I knew I was going to be pushing it to get there in time, but either way we were off to attend service. I tell you God certainly has a way of putting us where we need to be!

This deployment has been very stressful, I've struggled with being able to sleep, and my kids have been driving me CRAZY!!!! God put me right where I needed to be yesterday. And I truly enjoyed the message and will be heading back again next week. I will be sharing about the service in another blog later once the children have headed for bed and I can better consentrate and focus on what I'm typing.

Has God been speaking to you lately? Is He trying to grab your attention in some way, be it very subtle or VERY LOUDLY? Open your heart and listen for Him. He is there waiting for you and waiting to guide you through the good and bad of life.

God bless.

I'll leave you with this..... The title of the message is...........

Growing in Patience do you need some guidence in this dept?