He is certainly listening

Though I already knew it in my heart, yesterday I learned something in a new and special way that spoke louder than it has before. It's a simple fact that has the power to give us all the hope in the world if only we would realize it's truth.
That fact is, that God is certainly listening.
Yesterday because of the excitement of the day ahead, me and some of my friends, who were all staying at my house, had a hard time sleeping. Finally hunger got the best of us so we left for huddle house around 4:30 AM. :)
When we got there our waitress instantly noticed our crosses and our Bibles and struck up conversation. During our time she told us her husband is a pastor and he also does some Christian rap music but really wanted to work with some rock music. This was especially exciting because the friends I was with and I are in the beginning stages of starting one ourselves. :) we got contact information and she wants us to play whenever we get everything ready. Exciting news. :)

So we head back home and take our showers and get everything in order for our road trip to Birmingham.
Before leaving, I of course got everyone around, we held hands and prayed.
Here's where the story all begins. ;)
I asked God to USE us today. To do whatever it took to use us. :)
Oh boy, He was certainly listening.
So we loaded up and headed east.
We had a wonderful time laughing and singing while driving down the road just enjoying the fellowship and we finally made it to Alabama Adventure, rode the rides, got some sun, yeah yeah. (not important) :)
Then, because of the sun and heat my blood sugar began to drop (something we most often consider a bad thing)
Obviously I needed to eat, just like everyone else,
but because one of my friends had lost his wallet I had to pay the admission price for more people than expected. Which left me broke and unable to afford the high price of eating at any place like this. (another thing we consider bad, not having enough money)
So we decide to drive to Birmingham since it was so close, and we wanted the spicy chicken sandwhich from Chic-fil-a. :)
While heading there, because of the confusion of the highways with all the turn offs I messed up and took the wrong one so we had to make a circle to get back to the highway and right before we got back on we saw two cars on the side of the road. No men, just women. Obviously in need. We stopped and found out she had a flat tire and was on a slope. The jack couldn't get the tire high enough because it was a small-cheap-o jack, BUT I had a floor jack. :)
So we stop and help. She instantly began thanking God for us coming by. We told her how we didn't even mean to, but we missed our turn. Duh, it's God. :)
But, we found out that the vehicle was too low to get my jack under it. So now, we don't know what to do, but then another car stops.
A large black man and his wife. He asks if we need help and we explain the problem we have and he says, lets pick it up. So three of us get the front and lift. Cody gets the jack under the car (of course, this man was the biggest reason we lifted the car, no doubt). He then asks if we can handle it from there and we tell him of course, yes. He then explains that he and his wife had JUST lost there son. He had died for some reason and they were literally on the way to the hospital now. They weren't crying though. They said Jesus overcame the grave so they knew their son wasn't in one now. :)
I had to walk off and let Cody finish the work.
I began crying because of what I had just experienced. Not because they lost their son. Even they knew better than that, but because of their unselfishness. These people stopped at a time when everyone in the world would have understood them driving past because they wanted to help.
I saw how selfish I've been in my life. There have been many experiences when I've been in comfort and have passed people by in need of help and not stopped. And I'm not just talking about people broken down on the side of a highway.
There are broken and needy people all around us. Jesus even said the poor will always be with us.
There were other several great things about yesterday but most wouldn't be done justice unless you were there and I don't want to water down anything so I will just leave you with the biggest one to me.
Next time you see someone in need, I urge you to stop.
You'll never know how great your actons will impact them.
Plus, one day you'll be in need and seeking and needing help and when you are you can know,
He is certainly listening. :)