More than a song...

Somthing really cool happened this weekend at church and I thought I would share it with you. For the past week I had been preparing myself because I was going to sing Hosanna on Sunday. So in my quitetime I kept telling God, "God just use me for your glory." I kept prayering that over and over, but really just thinking about my song i had to sing and that everything would come out right, that I wouldnt forget the words(because I do!) ect ect.

So the weekend rolls around and I am still praying. I do the 1st saturday night service and all was great. After the 2nd one ended I stayed by the stage to talk with some friends of mine...when all the sudden I see a lady staring at me and I kinda got the sense she wanted to say something. Well, we all know that when you sing, especially a solo, some people come up to you to say nice job or whatever. So, in all honestly thats what i though she was gunna do.

Well, to my surprise, she says," Hi, I have been sitting here for the past 10 minutes trying to figure out who I can talk too. I know that the pastors are at the front in case people want to talk or pray but I really want to talk to another girl and I saw you singing so I figured you werent a shy person." Then she says, " Can you just listen."
At that point, all that was going through my head was , OMG, what do I say ,what do I do, this women in need.
Now keep in mind I have only been in CBG for a couple of months, so I dont know if there is some "protocol" and needed to follow it or if I needed to redirect her to someone else.

Well as she is completely pouring out her heart to me about her personal issues and battles she is facing...suddenly a peace came over me..and I felt the Lord wispher to me...Isnt this what you prayer for all week?? You asked me to use you for My glory and now that I am.. your scared.

Wow...As this women is talking to me I had to fight back tears. I sat there and just listened. At the end of our conversation, I took her hand and asked her if I could pray with her, and then she began to cry. When we finished our conversation and prayer she turned to me and said, " I have prayed for you, I prayed for someone to sit and pray with me but I didnt know who it was. You have made my day and I thank God because He put you in my path.
Once again I held back tears and continued to encourage her. We hugged and went our seperate ways.

As I sat there, I just thanked God for what He had just done. In my little mind, I thought that God would use me in what I knew I could do...little did I know that His plans went much farther than just a song.

xoxo, oli