Waitress Lovin’
05 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
I wanted to take a minute to share a sweet encounter that we had a couple weeks ago. I was in Tobaccoville with my soon-to-be-in-laws, and to celebrate my finacé’s mother’s and my birthday (same day, cool, huh), Faron, Jane, Jimmy, Laurie and I were at O’Charley’s for supper. This was a Tuesday. We had a good meal and towards the end of it, Faron (Jim’s dad), told the waitress that he felt the Lord was saying to her that there’s an obstacle in her life that He is helping her overcome (in so many words). She was receptive, seemed grateful, and we left. So on Friday, Jim and I ended up back at the same restaurant just to talk over margaritas and enjoy each other’s company. Well, we’d been there maybe half an hour before the waitress from Tuesday came up and said hi, asking if we remembered who she was. We did, and talked with her a little bit. She said to thank Faron for his word on Tuesday, which we agreed to do, and then Jim asked her if it meant anything to her. She told us that the next day, she’d been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I’d like to mention here that Brianna (the waitress) is twenty years old, a very sweet black girl. Everything about the term “ovarian cancer” provokes a contradictory response when you look at her. It was just so obviously wrong, you know? Anyway, we asked if we could pray over her, and rebuked the cancer, spoke healing over her body, etc. I know she was encouraged, and of course so were we! We went to sleep happy.
The other amazing and interesting part of the experience is that the Lord was pouring out His sweetness on me and Jimmy when He led us into that divine appointment, as is always the case when He does so. But what interests me here is that it wasn’t our word–we just piggy backed off of Faron’s faithfulness, and were invited to have a part in the story. I just love that. The Lord is so wonderful. 
