Suzy’s Story
God Was for Her
A friend asked her if she wanted to go to church. Suzy could care less about church but went for her friend’s sake. She had decided that afterwards she would get high. Suzy was a drug addict and had been for many years.
This visit to church was going to be different for Suzy. She didn’t know it but Suzy was about to be moved by the world she could not see.
During the message, Suzy was touched by the Holy Spirit. She saw the barren path of life she had been walking in her drug abuse and all that came with it. When Suzy realized that God was for her and not against her, she could not contain her faith. In tears, Suzy ran to the front during the alter call.
Petrified
Suzy had her own place to live but rented an apartment with her friend so the two could be close. Being in the lower end of town, the rooms were small and the appliances old.
At her first Thanksgiving as a child of God, it was Suzy’s friend that suggested they make a Thanksgiving meal for their neighbors. Suzy was petrified! She could not cook and was afraid they would not be able to take care of a lot of people. Her friend told her to relax. They would make the dinner together and everything would be alright.
Suzy and her friend began telling everyone about the Thanksgiving dinner that was being planned. Many contributed to the dinner and soon their little apartment was filled with bags and bags of food.
Don’t Worry
On the morning of Thanksgiving Day, Suzy and her friend got up early to get things started. Opening the bags of food, they began sorting the groceries and making their preparations. The two had not gotten far in their work when Suzy’s friend announced that she was going to see her son. “Don’t worry,” she said, “I will be back in time to finish and serve the dinner.”
Those words did not come true. Suzy, a 26-year-old recovering drug addict with no ability to cook a big Thanksgiving meal for a family, let alone an entire building of people, was left alone with all the preparations for this ambitious endeavor.
Suzy prayed. She was overwhelmed and asked Jesus Christ for help. He answered her prayer.
The Biggest Meal
Suzy began cooking. Because of the volume of food, much of it was cooked in different apartments. Suzy asked her neighbors if she could use their ovens and stoves to cook the Thanksgiving meal. They consented and so Suzy ran from apartment to apartment, cooking the biggest meal she had ever made with barely the experience to pour a bowl of cereal.
In her preparations, Suzy said that she even baked homemade bread. Without knowing beforehand what to do, Suzy said the knowledge just came to her.
Hours later, the food was ready and people were showing up in numbers far greater than Suzy or her friend had expected. The line of people went out of the apartment and around the building. She was terrified that there was not enough food.
Suzy prayed again. “Lord, there isn’t enough food for all of these people.”
His response came back to her. “There is enough.”
A Valuable Lesson
Suzy opened her apartment and set up tables with the food. The line of people came in her door. After getting their food, the line squeezed out the same way. Plate after plate of food was taken by the waiting crowd. Suzy worked hard to keep the food filled.
Somehow, Suzy made it through the meal. When everyone had been fed, she was surprised to see that there were a lot of leftovers. Like the miracles of feeding the multitudes in the Gospels, God took Suzy’s meal and multiplied it to meet the needs of the hungry.
From that Thanksgiving meal, Suzy learned a valuable lesson. She learned that people are hungry. Suzy began buying groceries and taking them to impoverished neighborhoods. Sometimes, Suzy had a truckload of food including cold foods like butter and even ice cream. When Suzy married Mike, they both worked to get food to hungry people.
Faithfully Ministered
Each time praying for guidance and protection, Suzy would enter different neighborhoods. Each time, God directed Suzy’s path and connected her with a person in the neighborhood who would take the food and distribute it to their neighbors. Even during the hot summer months, the food was distributed before the perishable foods spoiled.
When Suzy connected with a person in the neighborhood, that person became her contact for that neighborhood. For example, one day, Suzy had her children with her as she took a load of food to a new neighborhood. She prayed for safety for herself and her children. God led her to Sister Jean.
Sister Jean was a Christian who ministered to her neighborhood with a friend. These two women faithfully ministered the goods that Suzy brought.
The Veil of This Life
There are more stories, but more time would be needed to discover the work that God has done through one faithful woman.
Do you believe that God speaks to you? Suzy does. God told Suzy that He was sending her to feed the multitudes. She didn’t understand it at the time, but looking back on her life, Suzy realizes that indeed, God was feeding the multitudes through her, one car load or truck load of food at a time.
Time and again God has spoken to Suzy and fulfilled His words. Time after time, He has answered her prayers. Is she special? No more than you or I. But she believes.
Suzy believes in the God who created the Heavens and the earth and everything in them. She understands there is life in the world that she cannot see. And Suzy knows that one day, when the veil of this life is removed, she will see the God who saved her and has used her to do His will all these years.