God's "I know who you are" gift to me

For some, seeing Gladys Knight wouldn't be that big of a deal, but I have wanted to see her forever. She was going to be in concert at Tuachan, just 20 minutes away. The tickets were $50 each this time around, and I just didn't feel I could rationalize paying that at this point. Everytime I saw an ad for the concert, I felt a little bad that she was going to be so close and I couldn't see her. I think she is the greatest singer of all times! The day of the concert, I had to get my IV that sort of makes me sick or tired sometimes. I was laying down at 7:15pm. when a friend called and asked if I wanted some extra tickets her friends had offered her. She was at a restaurant, or somewhere, ran into them, she couldn't go, she offered them to me, who would not have been home or available if I hadn't been a little sick from the IV. I jumped at the chance. I called around, couldn't find anyone who could go in 15 minutes to the 8pm. show. I called a friend who said she was already going, but to go with her and her friend. So I did. When we got there, there happened to be one extra seat next to them on the 5th row in the center.

So, I am sitting there watching a singer I love, in a beautiful outdoor arena, perfect weather, with great friends and having a great time dancing in my seat (alot of older white folks there, so standing up dancing just was too taboo). I began to think of all the little things that got me there--my friend happening to run into her friends, me being home, no one else being able to go, my friend going, a seat next to her's not being used, etc., and got the feeling God knew me personally enough to know I love Gladys Knight and wanted to see her, so he orchestrated it for me. I could have lived without it that night, but I felt He just wanted to give me a gift just because...not because I was good, or did something I was supposed to, or earned it, or for any other reason than just because. How cool is that?!