In 1997, I ended up in a roommate situation that turned out to be one of the most dramatic experiences of my life, but the Lord actually used it to teach me tremendous lessons about His wisdom, goodness, power, provision, and desire to be intimately involved in the details of our lives.
I was living in Tampa, FL and with little resources needed to find an inexpensive housing option. I responded to a classified add where two people were looking for a third roommate. Shortly after moving in, one of them relocated because of business and we needed another roommate. The man who moved in turned out to have a long history of violent crimes against women and began murdering women he did not know.
Without any knowledge of his past, the Holy Spirit enlightened me as to the danger I was in and led me, despite my reluctant cooperation, to the information by which we were able to undo his alibi and get a murderer off the streets. The Lord is certainly able to do anything and uses us in His plan when we cooperate with His grace and direction.
Many years later, the Lord asked me to offer Mass for the same person’s conversion and he confessed to one of the murders he had denied for 25 years. Finally, that victim’s family was able to gain closure and did not have to withstand a retrial when Florida law changed that called the sentencing into question.
God’s goodness knows no bounds, his power knows no limits, and His desire for the conversion of every single one of us reveals the depth of His love and relentless commitment to us no matter what we’ve done.
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