Sometime ago, I was talking with a longtime friend on the phone and listening to him as he described a number of the challenges that he was facing at that time. In my prayers that night I had asked Heavenly Father to please bless this person with the things he stood in need of at that time. A distinct impression of the Spirit then came to me which said: “Go see your friend”.
The next morning I let work know that I would not be in for few hours, and then went to see this friend. When I arrived I found that he was at home alone, which made it easier for us to have a good visit with each other. He once again rehearsed, in more detail, all that he had been going through. As part of this conversation he also mentioned that he previously had some frightening thoughts and had been considering making an abrupt exit from this life, but was now in control of those thoughts, but was still facing some very great challenges otherwise. Drawing upon lessons that I had learned over the years, I was able to offer reassurance and faith in Christ to my friend. I also decided that work that day could wait a while longer, and I stayed an extra hour just so that we could talk about memories from our younger days.
A day or so later, when I called to check in with him, he thanked me profusely for coming that morning, and told me how much it meant to him. He also said that others had also been randomly been stopping in at the perfect moments, all of which served to provide reassurance to him that that his Heavenly Father and Savior were both mindful of him and that all was going to be well!
The lesson: We often pray to be guided to those who may stand in need of our assistance, and then miss, or dismiss the impressions of the Spirit which follow (at least that has been the experience for myself). But, if we were to immediately follow through on a Spiritual impression, we will often find that we were correct in following it!
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