A man named Gabriel

Three days ago I prayed a prayer that is quickly changing my life. I prayed that God would put people in my life that I could minister to and show God's love to. My goal in this is that as a Christian I know many people have a misunderstanding of what a Christian looks like. So instead of me shoving God down people's throats I prayed for opportunities to minister particularly to strangers. With this I have already met four people since I prayed that prayer. But it wasn't until today that I actually realized it was an answered prayer. It wasn't until I met Gabriel!

So...


Here I am at work going through life's daily routines. When the phones
rings. A man is on the other end and wants to know if I can help him. He
thinks he has called a homeless shelter. I tell him he has called a
university and he hangs up. As soon as I hang up, I wish I could of done
something different or tried to help. As soon as I finish my thought he
calls back. I answer, "This is Jenna, How may I help you?"

He responds, "Yes, I have been staying at a homeless shelter for 10 days 

and myself, my wife, and my two kids can no longer
stay there for free. Can you help me?" My heart breaks and I want to
immediately go through the phone and hug him, and tell him he can
stay with me. But after coming to reality I think what can I practically do
to help this man. So I tell him to hold on and I would find him another
homeless shelter. As I am searching on the web, my heart is breaking and
then I find two different locations and give the locations to the man. After
letting him write them down, the Holy Spirit or like I to call it "The Voice
of Julian" says, "Ask him his name!"  So I do and he says, "My name is
Gabriel." "I say, "Well Gabriel before you go, can I pray with you?"
He says "Yes". I pray that God protects Gabriel and his family and God shows
Gabriel his love and helps him in this time of need." And then I say good
bye! If I weren't at work I would have wept! But I know without a shadow of a doubt 
God brought me Gabriel to pray for him and start this journey. 

My prayer is that you join with me as I seek God to help others!  See you soon!