I LOVE promptings!

Sometimes, I feel like this picture... like I have these great big ears that hear nothing, especially a little tiny voice... but last night, I heard it AND (drum roll please) I LISTENED!! I know, I am SO big! I want to tell you about it, but I don't tell you to brag or to sound arrogant, only to explain to you how much joy I feel from hearing and doing...

We were at Walmart last night. The boys were eating at McDonalds and I was shopping for THE bridal shower. I got done and joined the quorum. I was watching (okay, staring) at a girl in a check out line. She was covered in burns and so was her toddler. They had their compression gloves on, but they were happy and I couldn't take my eyes off of them. They had two carts worth of food and once it was all rang up, I noticed that she was searching high and low for something... I figured it was her wallet. Soon, the check out line light was flashing and the cashier was clearly waiting for a superisor. That is when the whisper came... "Go help her." I felt really silly, even dumb... but I stood up quietly and walked over to her. I put my hand on her arm and whispered to her, "Do you need help with your groceries?" She had tears in her eyes and her voice was shaky. She explained to me that she couldn't find her card. I said, "Let me help you. Let me buy your groceries." I knew that it wasn't me saying that... it was our Heavenly Father. She begged me not to, explaining that it was a lot of money. I quietly told the cashier that I was going to be paying for her groceries. I swiped the card and it was done. I walked away quietly, back to McDonalds and my warm seat. I felt OVER-JOYED. I had just been an instrument in our Father's hands.

She walked by me, crying, and told me how much that meant to her. I told her I was honored to help and to have a good night. My kids asked what had happened and I told them. They smiled, too. That girl, whose name I don't know, is a daughter of God. She is known. Her needs, her challenges, her heartaches are known. I am SO grateful that I was there last night and that Heavenly Father trusted me to hear Him and to act on it. It was a never-to-be-forgotten moment!