being bold

so this morning i spent countless hours on the phone with my new friend saul. he is an employee at walt disney world, from puerto rico and has three daughters, a few granddaughters and a grandson on the way. how do i know this? i asked him. while he was hard at work trying to help me make reservations for our trip to disney world coming up at the end of september, i heard the Holy Spirit prompt me to talk to saul. so i did.

i am not the bold type, per say, but since starting a bible study on the fruit of the spirit and especially the Holy Spirit... i think God is giving me a new freshness to "try" boldness.

so, anyway, saul told me his name. never really hear that name so i say:

"that is an unusual name, do you know of anyone else with that name or do you hear it often?"

saul: "just the one from the bible"

me: "really? you know saul?"

saul: "not really"

a short while later....


me: "so...you know saul's name was changed to paul, in the bible, right?"

saul: "yeah, that is a good thing"


another few minutes go by and more prompting from God....


me: "saul, are you a christian?"

saul: "um...i can't really talk about it...it's complicated"

me: "oh, because you are at work?"

saul: "no, i think it's good to talk about...but it's just complicated for me"

me: "well, i'm a christian...in case you were wondering"

saul: "i can tell by your demeanor...."


probably 20 minutes later and as we close the conversation...

me: "thanks so much saul for helping me. you're the best"

saul: "you're welcome. hey... pause... could you pray to your Dad for me. you know who and what i'm talking about..."

me: "um...YES saul... of course i will. in fact as soon as i get off the phone i will pray for you. no problem."

saul: "oh thank you. i really need it. God bless you."

me: "God bless you Saul!"

i promptly got off the phone and prayed for this precious man. he in fact is still on my mind and i will continue to pray for him as long as the Holy Spirit prompts me to.

i'm not anything special. it was an ordinary day with a really ordinary phone call. for some reason God prompted me to talk to this man and i actually listened. has this happened to you and you listened to Him? or did you ignore Him? what would have happened if i ignored God and didn't talk to saul. i am so glad i did. now i can pray for him and love him through Christ. i may never see why this occurred but i know God knows and i'm cool with that.

saul, buddy, i'm praying for you!