So, I was driving down the highway, holding my socks out the window to dry. (Note to self: Socks need more than 10 minutes in the dryer before work.) And I was thinking about the play. For those of you who have ever been a director or pregnant, you understand why. (After all, there are a lot of similarities between preparing for a play and preparing to have a baby.) We have our first performance for this summer coming up on Wednesday, June 2. Our goal in doing this play is to share Christ’s love with children who have known a lot of things that weren’t love. But that doesn’t mean our preparations have been made to angels singing “Hallelujah” or even “I’ve got peace like a river.” However, God has never left us lacking - at least, not for long. And it has been an adventure to see Him answer prayer. Here’s a partial list:
1) I asked for a script - but only if God wanted this and would provide everything else. Three days later, He sent the book The Thirteen Clocks, which I’d never heard of before, down the front door stairs and into my hands.
2) He provided all the actors/actresses except the Prince. (Go figure.) I’m debating writing a book, “In Search of a Prince.” If any of you ladies have a relevant anecdote you’d like to send my way, I’m sure I could find a place for it. :-) Oh, but then God did provide a Prince: one who needed a house and a job.
3) God provided our Prince with a house and a job. In Kansas. We needed a new Prince.
4) God provided a second Prince. So far so good.
5) We decided to sew all our own costumes, even though “sewers” (I’ve heard they prefer the title “seamstresses”) seem to be in short order these days. Knowing that, God provided a mother who happens to be a genius in the art. Guess what she’s been doing for the last two weeks?
6) We picked a single fabric store out of all the vast list of fabric stores in Grand Island, Lincoln, and Omaha - and, lo and behold! - what might have cost hundreds of dollars was all half price!
That’s some of what I’ve seen in the last few months. Some of the things God did I didn’t even know to pray for. Isn’t it amazing that He’ll know and even answer before we even know enough to ask? And when we put ourselves in places of need - the times when we know we’re in trouble if He doesn’t show up - that is when God is most able to reveal Himself.
