I'm thrilled beyond words! As you know, my laptop keyboard died an untimely and unwarranted death, though I'm wondering if all the crumbs of the last 3 years of eating whilst writing may have contributed to it. . . Anyhow, this afternoon I was mentioning to my friend that I needed to go to City Mall so I could find a computer repair shop and see if they could fix my keyboard or I could find a USB keyboard. She suddenly brightened up and said, I have a USB keyboard! It was a Mac one but she wasn't using it. She reminded me to remind her at supper and we parted ways.
After a wonderful brisk walk this evening and fruit cocktails at the little place down the hill, we headed back to our respective rooms in the dorm. Then Marisa reminded me, I have that keyboard you can try. I picked it up and went to my room, pulled my laptop out of the depths of a suitcase where I'd relegated it to uselessness, and turned it on. I used the on-screen keyboard to type in my password, thinking I would have to install software at best though likely the Mac keyboard wouldn't be compatible with my HP laptop.
I opened up a Word document and started typing. Words began to appear. I was so surprised and thrilled that I could write once again! When I turned on my laptop several days ago, I prayed for God to fix it. I reminded Him that I needed to use it to write and stay connected with family and friends. I turned on the power and watched sadly as it refused to cooperate. I had imagined this might happen. I knew God could work a miracle--that I didn't doubt--but I didn't know if this was the time for Him to do so.
Sometimes the miracles we ask God to perform are realized through the people around us. I'm a very giving person and I love it when someone needs an item that I have or help with a problem that I can solve. My friend Marisa is also a giving person. She was happy to lend me her keyboard because she knew she didn't need it and I would be able to use it. God did answer my original prayer but He used a friend to fill in the gap.
In the same way, God can easily proclaim salvation to the whole world without our help. Yet, He delights in giving us a part to play in the joy of sharing the good news with others. Tonight I brought a folded piece of paper with me to the cocktail shop. Sarah* was there and I looked for an opportunity to hand her the paper on which I'd written my favourite Bible verse. Whenever I think of her, I pray for her. I'm not sure exactly how things work in this country when it comes to sharing my faith. I think it's not as restrictive as others but I still want to be respectful of others even as I pray for the Holy Spirit to impress me with opportunities to share God's love with others. Thank you for praying with me.
*As mentioned before, this is not her real name.
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