Topsail: A Week at the Beach: Story #2

Beach bunnies!

One of my favorite memories from our time at the beach was that Emily -- one my docent classmates and one of the ladies I am closest too was there.

Emily was at the same beach, during the exact same week, and staying only 5 houses down from us. Imagine that. Only God coordinates schedules like that.

We saw each other every day. I met her family of 3 married children. Her middle son actually looks like he and Danny are brothers (weird). She also had her 7 grandchildren there. Danny and I have done several social outings with Emily and her hubby Steve (retired FBI agent) so it was quite fun to hang out with them.


Halfway through the week Emily called me and asked if we could meet in the morning to do Bible study. So that Wednesday morning, we met 1/2 way at 6:30 in the morning with our beach chairs, cups of coffee and Bibles. Actually, Emily's Bible is the one I gave to her. We have had many spiritual conversations together and although she Catholic, she is seriously searching and sensing God work in her life. Previous to the Bible I gave her, she had been using a children's Bible one of her kids had.

As we watched the sunrise over the ocean, she asked me HOW to study the Bible not to do a Bible study. "So walk me through what you do when you sit down and read the Bible." I have shared my testimony with this woman, I have invited her to Bible study with me at my church (which she came to two studies) and now she was looking at me and wanting me to teach her how to read the words of God because she wants to hear from God personally. Are you kidding me? I couldn't have asked for a more amazing moment in my life to share scripture with a woman.

You can't pray for a more perfect opportunity and how humbling. It was a sweet hour and a half of teaching her the basics. She is hungry to learn about God. We also had time to talk about ways in which God was working in our lives and before our time was up I prayed for her.

I love what Lauren said to me later that day after I told her about my experience, "If you teach a man to fish, you teach him how to feed himself for a lifetime."

Yes, Gospel living is about being fishers of men. God is awesome........