But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57, NIV
With my hands in my back pocket, I realized that my money and the receipt accounting for the company’s petty cash had been lost! My friend decided we should search the area. As we left to search, someone said, “You won’t find it.”
“In faith, we will,” my friend answered. We met a few minutes later. “I looked everywhere,” she said shaking her head, “I did not find it.” I thanked her for her help. We walked a bit and then she told me, “I have sad news for you.” We were at a breast cancer health fair so I thought the worst.
“Do you have a lump in your breast?” She shook her head. “Is it work?”
“A relationship,” she answered. Then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. We spoke about it and then she said, “You’re the only one I’ve told. I felt impressed to tell you while I was looking for the receipt. I said, if God cares about your lost money and receipt worth one hundred and eleven dollars, then He will solve my relationship problem too.”
Usually, God speaks to this friend through signs, so I was a bit bummed. I thought, Was the lost money a sign that her relationship was over? I told her I would pray for her, and we said good night. Two days later, while having my devotional time, I remembered that I had worn a different pair of jeans when I had placed the money and receipt in my pocket. I ran for the jeans and there it all was! I took a picture and sent it to my friend. I had thought the money and receipt was lost; but unknowingly, I had them all along. Yet helping me search had given her opportunity to share her pain with me and gave me the opportunity to pray for her.
I messaged her: “Sometimes we think we lose but we never lose if we give God our problems and trust Him to take charge. I pray you have good news today and receive the blessings the Lord has for you. Trust Him to take charge as He always does in your life and in your relationship.” One week later my friend told me that she and her boyfriend had had a long, teary-eyed, and prayerful talk and had decided to let God take control of their relationship again.
I am so glad we never lose with God!
Kimasha P. Williams
First published in In His Presence (Nampa, ID: Pacific Press), 2018.
Carolyn R. Sutton, editor
