When my sister asked me to look through my stepmother's photos, I found one during her days as a single evangelist. It showed her participating in boat evangelism with a handful of young people. But we weren't sure about using the picture, because it was quite old, and we didn't know if people would show up who even knew about those days.
The day of the funeral, someone came I didn't recognize at all...it turned out she was 13 when my stepmother, a single evangelist to the island of Ishigaki, had led her to the Lord. It had been 50 years since then--and yes, she has been walking with the Lord all this time, but she had been completely out of touch with my stepmother--but she heard about her going to Glory, and she had come to the funeral. She recognized the young man in the orange jacket in the center of the picture--he went on to Bible School after that and has pastored several decades. He came and sat behind her at the funeral.
Yes, our God knew where that boat in the sea was headed 50 years ago, and He knew which picture would spark encouraging memories last week. What a great Navigator we serve. If only more would get on board and know Him too.
