Tender Mercy

Sometimes I forget how blessed I am to know that I have a Father in Heaven that knows me and answers my prayers.

What a blessing that is.

I had an experience this week that was a great reminder that prayers are indeed answered.

So I’ve been praying a prayer for a few months regarding dating. Yup. Let’s just be honest, I’m 29, and I’m in need of some help on the subject :)

Anyhow, let’s just say it’s been a while since I’ve been on a date (actual amount of time will remain undisclosed…girls got some pride) so I’ve been bringing it up to the Lord.

Well this week, Wednesday night to be exact, I got a call from a boy. He asked me out.

Funny thing is that I had just landed in Grand Rapids, Michigan with a team of evaluators (my co-workers, for all intents and purposes) that were a tad bit needy. The phone rang, didn’t know the number and answered anyway.

Went a little something like this:

"Hey, is this Miranda?"

"Yup"

"Hi, this is Michael Vaughn (names have been changed to protect the innocent and if you can get the character reference, then you’ll know what show I’ve recently been obsessed with…haha). We haven’t actually met, but would you like to go to dinner sometime this weekend?"

WHAT THE?!

"Umm, Michael, I literally just landed in Grand Rapids, can I call you back?"

And sure enough I hung up and just sat there in awe.

I did call him back and we did set up a date for Friday and before we got off the phone I had to ask:

"So Michael, we haven’t actually met?" (Attempting to figure out how he thought to ask me out)

"Umm, yeah, well you spoke in Church about a month ago and I was just really impressed with you and wanted to get to know you better and sometimes it’s hard for that to happen naturally in our ward since it’s so big, so I figured I’d just take you out."

WOAH. And that my dear friends, is what we call a MAN.

Yes, we had never actually met but he heard me speak in church and wanted to get to know me better so he asked me on a date! What a concept!

I got off the phone and I knew right then and there that this was an exact answer to prayer. The Lord had heard my many prayers and He answered.

The date went really well. Very comfortable, nice guy and you know what; I’m not stressed about it either way. If he doesn’t call, I’m just fine, if he does, I’d probably go out with him again.
At the end of the day, the lesson I’ve once again learned, is to

Keep the Faith.

We have a Father in Heaven who loves us and answers our prayers…

even when it’s just a silly girl needing a little validation :)