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Do You Think God Knows What He Is Doing?
Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 4, 2022 (message contributor)
A young woman prepared for missionary service on foreign fields.
She had been appointed by the mission board and was ready to sail when she received a telegram saying that her sister had died in a western state.
She cancelled her reservation and went home.
The sister left four little children and since there was no one to care for them this young woman had to stay with them.
Her heart was broken. She had dreamed of being a missionary and now she would never have a chance to go out for the Lord.
However, she submitted to the Lord’s will and did the best she could for the children.
As they grew up, one by one they came to her saying, ‘I feel that God wants me to be a missionary.”
So instead of one person going out as a missionary, because of her faithfulness to God and His call four went out.
She came to see, after all, that God’s way was the best way. She became a missionary to her own family.”
- Jack Andrews Expository Studies – Understanding Acts
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