Does God go before us?

Every day as we walked out the door of our hotel, we prayed that God would go before our day. It is amazing when we pray this way how you can actually see God going before you guiding your day. I’d like to share a few God going before us days.

London is an unbelievable city. The people were so friendly and helpful. It felt so good to be able to speak to the people. (In Paris it was hard to communicate because of the language barrier.) In fact, when we first arrived at Bexleyheath, the suburb where our hotel was located, a man helped us above and beyond the call of duty.

We had just arrived at the train station. We had no idea where we were going. I saw this man that looked very nice and I asked him where the taxi cabs were. He not only told us, he walked us over to this phone, picked it up and called a cab and then gave the phone to us so we could tell them where we wanted to go. He stayed with us to help us get our cab and then he said, “This is a real nice area of London. It’s very safe here. I am a retired police officer and I know this area.”

God went before us and sent a special angel to us this day, to direct us.

We arrived at our hotel and it was one of the best hotels we had ever stayed in. Honestly, the bed was like sleeping on a cloud. The pillows were all goose feather, the mattress had a separate 4 inch mattress on top of the mattress set. Then the sheets were unbelievable. I cannot describe what they felt like. I looked forward every night to climbing into this bed. (There was a brochure in the room that had all the info about the sheets, pillows, and down blankets. It would cost about $2,000 to buy the same thing for us at home.) Everything about the hotel was wonderful and it was FREE because of Dave’s traveling points. They treated us like royalty.

Then when we went down for breakfast we knew that we got one free breakfast for Dave because he was the Elite Member of the hotel. As we walked into the restaurant and sat down the waitress said to us, “I checked with my manager and we decided that we will be giving you two free breakfasts.” So every day we were blessed with a full buffet breakfast.

God went before us and provided for our food for FREE.

The first morning while we were waiting in the train station for our train to come, we met Barbara. She looked like she might be in her 70-80’s. She was dressed rather modestly. She asked us where we were going. We told her we were going to London Bridge Station to see the sights of London. She suggested that we go to Victoria Station. She said it would be much better for us. It was much more direct for us.

As we sat there together we talked and she was an amazing woman. The stories that she shared with us about the war years were remarkable. This woman was a very intelligent woman. She had served her country doing ammunition testing, she was a professor at a college and she was currently in school with a program for senior citizens.

My heart was so inspired talking to Barbara. We decided to take the train she suggested. We talked the whole way into London. When we arrived at Victoria station we parted ways, but had been touched by this wonderful woman. Every day that we went into London we took the same train. We really believed it was the best place for us to arrive into London. It was close to everything we wanted to see.

God went before us and provided the inspiration and direction of Barbara. We will never forget her.

All of these experiences also tell us about the people that we should be. Do we have time to help someone else find their way? Do we go the extra mile to help someone? Are we the Good Samaritan wherever we go? It felt so wonderful to encounter all of these people. God blessed our hearts so much. They were all shining examples of who we should be.

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.

Dear God,
Thank you for going before us. Thank you for sending these people to us. Help us to do the same for someone else.

Isaiah 52:12
But you will not leave in haste or go in flight;
FOR THE LORD WILL GO BEFORE YOU,
the God of Israel will be your rear guard.