Obedience

So this morning my cell phone rings at 6:30 and I am definitely not awake!! I answer and pretend to have my awake voice (you know what I mean) Well it turns out to be a mother of a baby I photographed who I have not been able to get in touch with to deliver some photographs. As we chit chat a moment and I really begin to wake up, we begin to catch up on what has been going on. Turns out, she lost her job recently and then last week when she didn't call me back to pick up pictures like she said she would, she had a seizure. Suffering from migraines in the past and now dealing with seizures had really upset. My heart was really sad for her. After all she has a one year old. Immediately I told her I would pray for her. Then God told me "Pray right now for her-out loud" Now I know a lot of people do this but I personally have never prayed 1) on the phone with someone, 2) immediately out loud unless it was a crisis situation, and 3) at 6:30 in the morning while I was still in the bed! So of course I rationalize in my head that I don't HAVE to do it and I ignore God. I talk with her a little more and try to reassure her that it really could be stress that caused the seizure and I had a friend with the same situation. We hang up. I reset my alarm and sleep a little longer before I go meet some friends for breakfast. Well of course God kept nagging at me "I told you to pray then and you didn't... why?" So I again while getting dressed and driving to breakfast and while sitting with my friends at breakfast try to rationalize why I SHOULD NOT call the woman back and pray for her and fail at it miserably. So in the middle of eating my hash browns from Shoney's I give in to God and agree to call her as soon as I get in my car and pray for her out loud. So.... I did it. I called her. She probably thought I was crazy. I told her I couldn't ignore God telling me to call her back and pray for her anymore so I had to call. We prayed on the phone while I drove through the neighborhood (of course I didn't close my eyes!) and then we hung up. There was no great transformation or statement on her end although she was appreciative but I hung up and realized how obedience to God is essential. I don't know why I was supposed to call her back. I don't even know if she goes to church. Maybe I was just supposed to call her back for me...to show God that I am capable and willing to do exactly what He wants me to. Maybe next time I'll do it exactly WHEN He wants me to also though.