Testimony 2

You're Already Networked - With 'Knee Mail'. Prayer Can Sock It To You.

I joined a new friend driving throughout the suburbs of Chicago as he collected socks to donate to homeless shelters. Our "sock run" ministry would be completely unannounced to the shelters.

We arrived first at the Pacific Garden Mission, the country's oldest homeless shelter. Since there was no parking outside the shelter, I took one of the unmarked boxes full of socks inside.

As I put the box on the reception desk, I overheard a man telling a woman, "It's hard to get enough underwear and socks."

Shocked by the connection between the man's comments and my unannounced, unmarked delivery of socks, I interrupted him and asked him to "rewind the tape" and repeat exactly what he had said.

He explained he was the Assistant Superintendent. He said that he and the Superintendent had been so concerned about homeless men coming in without socks, they'd been down on their knees, in tears before God, praying for socks.

I explained we were there to deliver two large boxes of socks.

As soon as my friend joined us, I had the Superintendent repeat his statements. Clearly God had orchestrated an answer to his prayers and a means for us to see God at work through us.

I then had my new friend outline another plan we were formulating that would connect all the shelters together via networked computers.

However, the Superintendent politely refused the offer for new computers. He explained, "I'm already networked. I pray and socks come in."

I went home that night in awe of God. He had clearly orchestrated our travels such that we could see such a powerful answer to prayer. He socked it to me.

And now I know I'm networked, too.

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