By Rayma Zugel
Lead Center Director
Lead Center Director
Have you ever had a "divine appointment"?
A divine appointment is a meeting with another person
that has been specifically and unmistakably ordered by God. Psalm 37:23 states,
"The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord." I can tell
you that seeing God set up these "appointments" is a thrill that is
beyond comparison.
Picture this: Two
peer-counselors at Care Net, two clients walk in simultaneously. The clients
fill out their paperwork and the Receptionist takes the clipboards back to the
peer-counselors. “Who will take who?” she asks, and just like that, a divine appointment
set by God before the foundations of the earth takes place.
Then there’s the client who didn’t show for a scheduled
appointment but walked in on a day when she would pray to receive Jesus as Savior
because of the obedience of the peer-counselor that is volunteering that day.
We have seen things like this happen over and over again.
Some would say coincidence; we say an appointment set by God.
At Care Net we just finished with our Spring training for
new volunteers. Here was another Divine Appointment.
We set a date for registrations to be in by so that we
can be sure we have all the materials we need for each individual. That date
had come and gone. The day before the training was to start I received a call
from a man interested in volunteering. I explained to him the need to attend
the volunteer training. Oh but wait, he has plans that first weekend. “So maybe,”
I tell him, “you can take the next training in October,” which is hard for me
to say because of the need for volunteers, especially for men, in both of our Centers.
His next words surprise me. He is going to see if he can back out of his
previous engagement. When I spoke with him the day of training, he told me he
will be there as well as his wife. The engagement they were going to was
changed so that they did not need to be there, because God has plans for them
at Care Net.
Have you felt a pull on your heart for volunteering at
Care Net? We would be happy to do a 4 hour mini training that can get you
started making changes in the lives and hearts of many of the men and women we
see. Then in October, you will take the full training and answer the call God
has placed on your heart. “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” (Isaiah 6:8).
Are you the “Me”?
