The Countenance of God

The Countenance of God

For probably the third time in my life, I can vividly recall God’s peace regarding a situation or circumstance I had to deal with. I felt the peace of God. God’s peace surpasses all understanding. What you expect to feel in the natural, you don’t. How you are expected to act in the natural, you don’t. The way people expect you to react, you don’t when you have God’s peace. God’s peace may seem abnormal or foreign to those who don’t understand how His peace works.

When my PT Cruiser got repossessed, I had peace and my countenance was truly of God. I didn’t stress or worry or react in my flesh. My spirit was calm.

There’s no wonder I wanted to smile – it was the countenance of the Lord smiling through me. I couldn’t fight it. I felt the smile coming through; taking over my face.

Numbers 6:25 NLT

May the Lord smile upon you and be gracious to you.

Numbers 6:26 NKJV

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

Psalms 149:4 NKJV

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.

I instantly had peace. No worries or fear. I didn’t have any doubt or anxiety. I just felt so much peace within me. It wasn’t the internal reaction I had anticipated. In that moment, I was reminded of just how GREAT God is! God is greater than anything I face here on earth. My storms may appear as mountains, but even my God is higher than they are.

On Wednesday, July 22^nd, 2015, I woke up at 6:16 AM to a text from my building manger. He said, “Morning!! Do you know your car was towed at 5:45AM?” I responded with, “No, I do not!! Thanks for telling me.”

After responding, I sat up on my sectional…and just sat there. I didn’t cry. I didn’t get mad. I didn’t feel any anger but only a sincere peace. I felt a smile starting to form on my face and I was thinking, “Why the heck am I smiling?!”

 I was acting goofy and enjoying my baby blessings that I had received.

I was five months pregnant and I just lost my means of transportation. How am I going to get back and forth to work now? How am I going to get my baby to his doctor appointments? My baby is going to be born in the winter time. I don’t want to be on the bus with him. All of those thoughts were probably buried somewhere deep down or hidden in my mind, but they didn’t pop up in my mind, nor did they form on my lips. I honestly just sat there and smiled and thanked God!

 

What God had in store for me the following day blew my mind almost to the point of disbelief but it gave me a new belief!

The next evening while I was working in the ED, a paramedic who I’d seen probably only once or twice previously. had came through that night with a patient. I remembered the last time I seen him he was joking with me and giving me a hard time.

*SIDE NOTE**

I was pregnant and my baby’s father was not in the picture during this time. I became very oblivious to when a guy was flirting with me or liking me because my mind & thoughts were so far from that. I didn’t realize until that night that he had liked me from before. I was sitting down and my stomach was underneath the desk so I didn’t know for sure if he could tell I was pregnant. Of course when I see him, he’s giving me a hard time as usual. I can’t remember what exactly triggered it but he asked me what my favorite food was. I excitedly said “Italian!” He asked me if he could take me out sometime. He asked me for my number and wanted me to write it down. I told him No, and to not mess up the flow and that he needed to write it down. He told me he would call or text me later that night.

I received a text from the “ambulance guy” probably a couple of hours later and he asked me how my shift was going and general info about myself. He told me some brief info about himself as well – the number of kids he had and their age. I didn’t offer to tell him that I was pregnant because I still didn’t know if he knew or not. Well, he asked me if I had any kids and that’s when I told him. He said, “Wow. Congratulations.” He asked about the father and said that he knew he was excited. I told him he wasn’t in the picture. I can’t remember right now how the subject came about but I told him that my co-worker was dropping me home and he said carpooling was nice. I informed him that I don’t normally carpool but that she was giving me a ride because my car was just repossessed yesterday morning. Mind you, I did not tell him that looking for pity, sympathy or whatever. It was the simple truth and I was just led to say exactly what it was. You will not believe what he said to me.

His response to my statement was, “Do you want to borrow my car until you are able to get another one?” COME AGAIN!!???

I was totally taken back by his response. I didn’t know this man. I just learned of his name that night. Why on earth would he offer a complete stranger his car??!! I asked him was he for real. I told him I’d get back to him and that I had to pray about it.

Does God really answer your prayers that quick? What’s the catch? As we continued texting, I asked him what he would drive. He told me he had another car. I’m just sitting at work looking dumb-founded and in complete shock and so speechless.

Well, come the next morning, the “ambulance guy” calls me up and asks me what I’m doing and what’s for breakfast. I told him cereal because I didn’t get paid until such and such. He said he’d just got off work and asked me if I wanted him to take me grocery shopping. I kindly told him that I didn’t have any money and wouldn’t until a certain time. He asked me again if I wanted him to take me shopping. He does and this was the results:

We went to two different stores. Andddd…he took me out to eat for breakfast at iHop after buying me all of those groceries!!!!

I could go on & on about this particular season of my life when I was pregnant but I wanted to share this part of my testimony for a reason. We never know how God is going to answer our prayers. We never know who God will use to be an angel or a blessing in our lives when we are growing through our storms. God indeed hears our prayers. I remember exactly what my prayer was the day I lost my car and it was like God used this man verbatim. God used this man for a season to show me what it truly means to be treated like a lady and how a man is supposed to treat his woman. I have never been treated in such a manner before by any of my exes. I had never been pampered and treated like a Queen before. God used this man for a short season for a reason and it opened up my eyes to all that I’d been missing with my son’s father as well as in my past relationships. God used him to prove to me that there is such a gentleman out there who HE has created just for me that will know how to treat me when God says the time is right.