Tell someone how God redeemed you

 

I’ll start with one of mine and hope you would join me in telling someone how the Lord has redeemed us from an “enemy”.

In 2016, I travelled for work to a different country. At some point prior to that I remember being upset that my trip had “delayed badly”. A few months into my trip, I paid a visit to the doctors for painkillers. A random but very simple test was prescribed then, which ended in a harmless trip to a specialist - because the pharmacies close by had stopped running such tests. 

At the specialist, both the doctor and I abruptly discovered I needed surgery. A week later, I was under the knife. The surgery went well but being miles away from family on a work trip in a different country with “tough” visas, I still had to live on my own for my initial recovery before I was fit to travel again. 

My surgery, though completely random (remember a random test got me to see the specialist), was definitely perfectly timed by God. “How?” you may say... I’ll tell you in a just a bit...

So... A local and friend of a friend moved in with me and literally took care of me during those very early days (God bless you, my Angel!!). A neighbour who had had a similar surgery before became the wise big sister I could not have ever imagined I so needed with her massive experience, her own mistakes whilst healing, her friendship, her advice (God bless you, our Happiness!!). I discovered my big little brother in so so many ways - a colleague who had also travelled to the same country for work after I arrived - who visited me almost everyday (God bless you, Me Nua!!). And there was a colleague I barely knew before, who was briefly visiting with her daughter for Christmas, but now stayed with me for the Yuletide, because prior to even knowing I needed surgery, I had agreed with a senior colleague to host her for the holidays instead due to a last minute change of plans in my senior colleague’s holiday schedule. My guest literally became my conscience when I had gained enough strong enough to be absolutely reckless with my recovery (God bless you, mah police!!!) And not forgetting all the friends who became family during that drastic change in my life... my Kenyan blood, my Nigerian clan, my UGL tribe, my SA siblings, a kind boss and team and a church family that loved deeply... God bless you all... it’s been years but I remain so grateful... 

Such perfect timing that met my dire needs perfectly at such a random time... 

And you tell me that the Lord is not good? I can only point to this season of 2016/2017 where the Lord not only redeemed me from a medical condition I had no clue I had (but had managed to plague me in different ways that had never been associated with it) but also redeemed me from harsh loneliness by orchestrating the lives of those around me so my own quality of life in a foreign land after this abrupt surgery would lack no good thing, would be made richer in ways I could never have imagined. 

So today in obedience to Psalm 107:1-2, I give thanks to the Lord for He IS good!! And join those who tell others of how the Lord has redeemed them! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!! Praise the Lord!! 

And you? How has the Lord redeemed you? #Psalm107vs1to2