God's love

It was a beautiful Sunday.

I arrived at Odeon early and found my way up to the auditorium. It was my first visit to Cornerstone and I was all alone. I stood at the entrance for a long time. The auditorium was huge and I did not know where to sit. Somehow, I decided to turn and walk towards the back of the auditorium. It was rather daunting to sit right smack in the middle of nowhere, so I moved to the right side . I moved down and found an empty row to park myself in a corner.

Soon the auditorium began to fill up. I looked on as the crowd poured in and the more people came in, the more lonely I felt. The auditorium was full of people, yet there was nobody I knew. The feeling of loneliness penetrated my bones. Suddenly, I felt a shiver down my spine. I never felt so cold in my life. I was on the verge of tears. Left, right, front and back. All strangers.

I looked right in front towards the stage. I was looking for the cross. There was none. I looked to the left and there was a huge painting of an angel. In my heart, I spoke to the Lord: "Dear God, there are so many people in church, yet the seat beside me is empty. I don't know anybody here. I am so lonely I feel like crying."

Then out of nowhere, a couple I knew walked towards me and the husband asked his wife to sit with me, while he moved towards the back rows in search of another empty seat. I was so shocked that God answered my prayers immediately and sent me a friend to sit beside me that tears of joy poured down my cheeks. I was so overwhelmed by God's love that I couldn't stop crying. God loves me so much that He bothered to answer my insignificant little prayer.

It was only after the service that I found out that the place where I sat was the usual place the cell group will sit. I was led by the Holy Spirit to sit at the right place. Which means, God knew my prayers even before I utter it and He answered my prayers even before I asked. That is how awesome God is. I knew in my heart that this is the place where God led me and this is the place God wanted me to stay.