only by the hand of God

hello fellow bloggers!
i'm sitting here almost in tears in awe and wonder at how amazing God is! as most of you know, i'm moving into my apartment this weekend with my roommate, Bethanna. i'm so excited! but here's the coolest part...
(going back about 8 years)
at my grandparents old church, i went to a VBS program one summer and met this girl named Whitney. she and i came from drastically different families, but became fast friends. we found out we lived only about 10 minutes from each other and soon convinced her mom to bring her over to hang out and spend nights with me! over the next couple of years we'd hang out any chance we got; she would go to the lake with my family, spend the night and even began going to church with my family. as we got into jr high, she began getting involved in things that went against scripture and i would put scripture in front of her and encourage her to what was right. after a while, she got sick of hearing "right and wrong" from me and shut me out of her life. that was about our 10th grade year. she wouldn't return phone calls or letters. i continued to pray for her hoping God would change her heart.
(fast forward a couple of years)
a month before graduation, i received her graduation invitation, with a note telling me she missed me. i wrote her a letter telling her how much i loved and missed her and that i was still praying for her. i sent it with my graduation invitation. a few other letters were exchanged, but not much else happend.
(fast forward another year or two)
about 9 or 10 months ago, she called me and asked if she could go to church with me. i said, of course, and after church we went to eat and just sat down to chat. she explained that she was living with her fiance and they were having issues and that she felt alone and hopeless. she went on to explain that she knew i'd always been there when she needed me and that i was one of the only people who ever really loved her, that's why she'd called me. i explained to her that i loved her because i have the love of Christ and that was what empowered my love for her. we hung out a couple more times within the next couple of weeks, but then she quit picking up her phone and returning calls. so i continued to pray that God would give me another chance to talk to her, and encourage her. about 3 or 4 months later we ran into each other at walmart and chatted for a second, but that didn't change anything; she still wouldn't pick up my phone calls.
this morning i got a text from my mimi (my dad's mom - the grandparent that Whitney and I met through) saying she'd heard Whitney was pregnant, still not married to her fiance and recently fired from one of her jobs. i called Whitney today, and after not getting an answer, i left her a message just saying "hey girl, just wanted you to know i was thinking of you, and i miss you. give me a call when you get a chance." and hour later she called me back. after she explained she was pregnant (due on Christmas) and how excited she was about the baby, she asked how i was. we began talking about me moving into the apartment. when she asked where and i told her, she gasped. "I live in the sister complex right next door!" i sat in shock! i almost started crying at how awesome God truely is! she said, "this is awesome. in a time when i need a good friend, you just show back up and pop into my life, and right next door!"
my response to her was, "whitney, this is such a God thing! He knew you were going to need a close friend! He set the whole thing up!"
she laughed and said, "huh...that's cool! do you need help moving?"
i said, "not actually moving, but i might need some help unpacking"
her response was that she'd see me saturday night to help me unpack!
Why do i ever doubt that God is completely and utterly in control! Please please please pray for me as i move this saturday and may get a chance to talk to Whitney again! pray that God would open that door wide open and that His Heart would shine through me to Whitney!

thanks and love ya'll,
Megs