Will You Be My Weird Friend?

While I am in L.A. I go to a great church.    The sermon on Sunday was incredible and challenging.   The topic, bit intangible, it was looking for moments when God moves.    Something weird can happen to you,   There are two approaches to this, you can either explain it away a million different ways or you can credit God.The pastor gave his example of a "weird" God moving experience.   His was pretty undeniable.   Mine story is not as "wow," but I'll share it.  

In December, my daughter and I flew to L.A. for her to film a webisode for Hulu.  We had a plane change in Phoenix.   I typically wear jewelry when I fly, but take it off when going through security.   I went through security in Houston.  After my daughter and I arrived at our gate, I put my watch and two bracelets back on.   I wear my watch, my kids' name bracelet and my mustard seed bracelet.   My wrist typically looks like this:

When we got off the plane in Phoenix, I went to the screens to check the gate for our next flight.   I also checked my watch to make sure I adjusted the time correctly.   We had an hour and half before our flight into LAX.   There were some eateries near where we were.  We decided to eat before going over to the next terminal to find our gate.   We got our food and when we sat down to eat I noticed my wrist felt different.   I looked down and my watch was GONE!   The watch is pretty sentimental to me.  I bought it with money given to me by the last class of students I taught.   I mentioned to my daughter that I lost my watch.    She was very concerned.   I explained its significance to her.  Next, I started thinking about when I last noticed wearing it.   I knew I had it on the plane.   I remembered I looked at when I checked the board for our connection in Phoenix.   I knew I had lost it in a 50 yard radius.   At this point I choked down food, but my appetite was gone.   After scanning the floor, I decided I would check with the vendors and see if anyone had turned it in.   By this time, I figured it was missing about 20 minutes.   None of the vendors had it.   My daughter finished eating.   There was one vendor left to try and then I was going to give up.   At this point it was missing about 30-40 minutes.   I felt I should pray about it.  I know the God of the universe has more important things to do than locating a missing watch, but he cares deeply for each of us, so I thought I would ask.   After praying, we went to the last vendor and she did not have it either.   We made a stop in the restroom.   When we came out sitting on top of a box mounted on the wall was my watch.   I was in shock!   I quickly put it on and prayed a prayer of thanksgiving.   I could explain it away as a good samaritan, but truly God pointed me to that box where He had another human place my watch on for me to find. 

So what does this have to do with being my weird friend?   We were challenged in church to look for God moving this week.   The challenge was to daily stop and look for a place in your day where you saw God move.   Next, you are to tell your weird friend.   Why are you weird friends?   He said to find someone who would not judge you as weird because they are just as weird as you.   Weird friends, this week you will get six posts from me, God willing, where I saw God move.   As an aside, I love to look for God moving.   I've been known to tell people, "That was a God thing."   Sometimes I get smiles and sometimes I get strange looks.  

My God moving story for today is not as dramatic as my watch, but God moving.   I posted here about how my husband and I had to trade cars at the last minute.   We all know that Houston has had a drought for the last 9 months, I figured that the windshield wipers needed changing.   I tried to clean the windshield on the way out here and it smeared terribly.   I admit, I've procrastinated on changing the wipers because it NEVER rains in L.A.   We have also been really busy with several days of filming.  Today, we were heading to the location for the filming and it started raining.    I really don't like to drive in L.A. when it does rain because 1) people do not reduce speed and 2) there is a terrible slick that is created on the surface of the road because it never rains.   I was terrified to try the wipers for fear that it was smear horribly and I would be worse off.   I prayed for them to work.   I got to my exit and tried them because I need more faith.  They worked beautifully with a tiny smear on the passenger side.   Go God!    Insignificant in the grander scheme of the universe, yes.  God letting me know he loves me intimately, yes.    We needed them for 10 seconds and the shower passed.   Just long enough for God to show up in my day.  

I challenge you to look for God moving and tell someone.   It is cool to see God do something and know it is Him.