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Do you ever just KNOW something is going to happen before it does? Is this a women's intuition? Something we are born with? Or a spiritual gift from God?
I was out shopping recently and (don't ask me how!) I knew someone would be in need and that God would expect me to respond. As we get a lot of buskers in our city I guess I was expecting a scruffy and perhaps homeless person to be in an established spot and that God would expect me to provide...I had already decided that I would buy this person a sandwich and a drink rather than give money which might be used for alcohol or drugs. I was a little surprised that there was no one in the spot where buskers are generally found but a little later I saw a young woman approach me (this has never happened before) and be avoided by two different people before she approaching me, she asked me for some change - I don't know why but I had £2 ($2.75?) figure in my mind but when I looked in my purse I didn't have very much cash - I gave her what I could and wondered what she needed it for...bus fare home? Or maybe something less desirable. When I walked away I felt very guilty that I hadn't given her a £10 note. Maybe if she had asked for more I would have but I did have this £2 figure in my mind for some reason.
Does anyone else have the experience of knowing something will happen before it does or am I just weird? Do you think I carried out God's wishes or did I fall short? Please be honest - I intend to learn from this.
I was out shopping recently and (don't ask me how!) I knew someone would be in need and that God would expect me to respond. As we get a lot of buskers in our city I guess I was expecting a scruffy and perhaps homeless person to be in an established spot and that God would expect me to provide...I had already decided that I would buy this person a sandwich and a drink rather than give money which might be used for alcohol or drugs. I was a little surprised that there was no one in the spot where buskers are generally found but a little later I saw a young woman approach me (this has never happened before) and be avoided by two different people before she approaching me, she asked me for some change - I don't know why but I had £2 ($2.75?) figure in my mind but when I looked in my purse I didn't have very much cash - I gave her what I could and wondered what she needed it for...bus fare home? Or maybe something less desirable. When I walked away I felt very guilty that I hadn't given her a £10 note. Maybe if she had asked for more I would have but I did have this £2 figure in my mind for some reason.
Does anyone else have the experience of knowing something will happen before it does or am I just weird? Do you think I carried out God's wishes or did I fall short? Please be honest - I intend to learn from this.