A Divine Appointment with Teresa and a Double Portion - Part 2

In December, I was about to head out on a mother/daughter trip with my daughter Juliana for the weekend.  My husband prayed with us before we left and then said, "Maybe you will get to meet another Teresa on your trip!"

"Wouldn't that be something?" was my reply!  I really didn't think much of it, and we were on our way.

After our long day of flying, we finally reached the hotel.  I was walking down the hallway when Juliana came out of our room and showed me the note from the maid she had just found.  It was your typical maid note and it was signed by Teresa - yes, another Teresa with no H. 

The next day, I met Teresa, who seemingly didn't speak a lot of English.  I shared my Teresa story with her, unsure of how much she really understood.  She seemed tickled by my story though.

That evening, I posted about it on Facebook.  My friend Jeannine commented below: "Cyn that is amazing. Did you look up what Teresa means? Guess what? My mom's name was Theresa!! She is with the Lord now."

The meaning of Teresa?  It never even occurred to me.  Why hadn't I thought of it myself?  It seemed so simple, yet profound.

Of course, I got sidetracked and I remembered when I was about to fall asleep later that night.  I asked Juliana if she would look up the meaning for me, which she promptly did.

The name Teresa means "harvest" - HARVEST!  I was blown away! "Harvest!" "Harvest" is what God was saying to me when I was praying to take our group of teens out to share their faith.
 
"How epic is that?" was my reply.  It meant a lot that God would continue to speak to me through the Teresa story from back in July.

For Christmas, Juliana had a personalized MudLOVE bracelet made for me with just one word on it: "Harvest."  It now serves as a reminder to me to be bold in sharing my faith.  

Matthew 9:35-38 "Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.  When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.  Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.  Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.'” (NIV)

Galations 6:9 "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (NIV)

- Cyn

Juliana's song "A Single Seed" that she wrote in September, 

months before we knew the meaning of Teresa: