{"id":1218,"date":"2011-07-23T05:10:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T09:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2011-07-21T23:13:12","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T03:13:12","slug":"sealing-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/07\/sealing-trust.html","title":{"rendered":"Sealing Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today, I went \u00a0to the local Wal-Mart. \u00a0My shirt was dirty and my pants were not a comfortable fit.\u00a0\u00a0But,<\/em>\u00a0I reasoned to myself,\u00a0I never see anyone that I know there.<\/em><\/p>\n

My assumption was wrong. \u00a0As I was struggling to get my cart out the front door, I backed into a young man. \u00a0He is person with whom I\u2019ve been sharing the love of Jesus each week for several months. \u00a0He smiled and waved at me.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Knowing that he was a friend, I could not get my brain to focus on anything but the faulty cart. \u00a0He moved away, sensing that I didn\u2019t recognize him. \u00a0I knew that I knew him from somewhere\u00a0but where<\/em>? \u00a0Suddenly, I remembered.<\/p>\n

I called him back. \u00a0He was genuinely pleased that I knew who he was and he hugged me. \u00a0We laughed at my bad memory and my crippled cart. \u00a0Then he went into the store and I headed for my car. I knew that God had given me a miracle encounter. \u00a0A chance meeting at the store and my recognition of him away from his work had sealed our friendship.<\/p>\n

Trusting the Lord always insures our success. \u00a0Even though, others may not see or know what God is doing for us. \u00a0By recognizing and acknowledging God\u2019s hand in our lives, God has the ability to turn even chance encounter into a blessing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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