The Lord's protection
I was lying in my bed tonight trying to tune into His heart and He gave me showed me that I am His and that today he was protecting me.
I had walked to a highschool football game by myself tonight with my camera. The stadium is just a few blocks from the campus and I wandered in and eventually sat in the bleachers. I had been taking random pictures of everything that night and not too long before the game was about to end a little boy, probably about two years, of age came running down the bleachers in my direction. I saw that he was going to be passing me so I got my camera ready to take a snap shot. Just before I took the second photo I had a feeling I probably shouldn't have taken it. I was right. A woman, apparently his mother walked by me not too long after with a frustrated and angry look on her face. She was a typical Nevadan. She sneered at me as she walked by talking on the phone to her husband. I began to feel uneasy and also had a feeling that there was going to be trouble.
I sat in the same spot trying my best to look like an innocent photographer, photographing the football team, my shoes, a random bug etc. As the game was ending I saw the woman at my far right talking to a few men and I knew it was me she was talking about. I wasn't sure what was going to happen. I began to feel very uneasy. I thought about standing up and walking away, but felt that I shouldn't. I figured I would sit where I was and if they came over to me looking for trouble I would feel humiliated and apologize and that would be the only real way out of it.
As I started to panic an older woman came up behind me and asked, "Is that one of those digital cameras?" There was such a sweetness about her and all the tension left me. I felt like I had been rescued. I was so happy to talk to her I didn't want her to leave. Even after I looked to my right and saw the angry people were no longer there, I kept speaking with her. We spoke about digital cameras and I asked her if I could take her picture. She was happy to pose for me and explained her son was on the opposing football team. We exchanged email addresses because she wanted me to send her the picture and then she said goodbye. As I was praising tonight the Lord showed me that he had sent that woman to me for protection.
I feel so blessed.