This God is Good Story occurred about two months after I posted a story called “Chocolate Cake Kisses From God.” It was a story of how a mum, a friend, from my son’s kindy community had seen beyond her own circumstances full of loss and grief and had seen me struggling and had baked me a chocolate cake to show me I was loved. It moved me greatly.
The cake was joyfully devoured and the plate on which it came sat at home waiting for me to remember to return it. It waited for longer than I care to admit.
Then, one day, I was finishing off work, and madly getting ready to leave for our American trip, when I remembered the plate. As I did I had the ever so strong desire to wrap it up in a pair of tea towels. There was a new pair sitting in my gift cupboard, a set I had bought long ago, on a God prompting, and they had sat since their purchase, waiting for their new owner.
Sensible to protect the plate by wrapping it in something soft, I thought, trying to justify the seemingly strange desire. I had no inkling that God was involved, and I told myself that the plate needs to be protected up to kindy, at kindy and home again. I did not want to break or chip it, but then I thought ” that’s a bit over the top”, yet the desire remained.
In fact the desire was so strong I went upstairs and got the tea towels and wrapped them around the plates popped them into a plastic bag all ready to hand over at kindy pick up, and, oddly enough my husband called me just prior to kindy pick up and he reminded me that I needed to return the plate. I laughed saying I had remembered this time, but still I did not click that God was up to something good.
I headed up to kindy, ready to hand over the bundle with a brief explanation, and a laugh at myself.
I saw my friend, grinned and gave her the bag with plate and tea towels, explaining that I had an ever so strong desire to give her plate back wrapped in a gift of two new tea towels!
As I did she exclaimed something along the lines of “you’re kidding!”
Now, some of you may remember that this particular friend and story. Not long before the gift of cake she had travelled through the significant shock of having both her parents killed tragically in a car crash. From the time of the loss, God started loving on her … I was told to pray, send texts, I had her daughter a few times and each time it seemed to coincide with a very strong need on her part, a need that was met through my obedience to His prompting. So, I knew that God was on a love rampage for this girl. He was showering her with His love, letting her know He was with her, watching her, caring for her. It was so amazing some of the things He did He even freaked me out!
Well this one took the cake, so to speak!
I had not recognised the desire as a God prompting. I thought it was just my wacky idea. Well God is into wacky ideas, in fact I am becoming more and more convinced that He is the author of the ones which express and release His attributes of love, kindness, joy, peace etc.
My friend told me that just the night before she had looked at her old tea towels and had declared to her husband that she was throwing out the old and buying all new ones. She had said she was over the ratty ones she had. She wanted new ones!
And here He had provided two new ones, without my knowledge of her desire, the following day and through this little act He had said yet again to this beautiful girl, “I am here, I know your needs, I know your wants, and I care about the little things, I love you.”
I had no idea I was being used by God. I had walked in complete ignorance as to what He was up to.
God is so kind, so very good.
He will move through us with our knowledge, or without. Either way He will get His Word out—He will get His Love out to the world.
Jesus responded to the Pharisees when they told Him to silence the people’s praise of Him that if the people kept quiet, the stones will cry out (see Luke 19:40)
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” – Matthew 5:14-16
The knowledge of His Glory, which I believe is imbued with His goodness, His love, His kindness, will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea (see Habakkuk 2:14). And, as it does we all will see that …
God is Good!
© Beth Kennedy 2025
(First posted in August 2012—last updated October 2025)
I love this story…and enjoy all your others too. Thanks for sharing.
I enjoy your stories so much. God is good. I always feel so warm after reading of these encounters. Thank you for taking the time to share them with us.
Hi there. Thank you. When will we be hearing of the next update?
I don’t have any updates to report. 🙁 Taking it day by day right now and really thankful to the Lord for His mercy and unfailing love. 🙂
Sounds good to me. You have gone private on your blog … Any reason? In the meantime, we will pray blessing and favour for you all. Blessings!
I have not written in quite some time and have no immediate plans to. I didn’t like having my blog just hanging out there with no activity so I took it private until a later day should I write again. I didn’t want to delete it in case I ever chose to pick back up writing again.
Well please drop a line occasionally … Even using our email details … with any prayer requests or support you have/need! I am rather fond of my Floridian friend :-).
Absolutely! I do not want to lose contact. Are you on FB?
No … Not yet … Once all children at school next year 🙂 unless God has other plans … It’s minor miracle I blog!
This is another amazing story. I know I can appreciate the fact that God does these things often in spite of ourselves. I often catch on later as to God’s work and then feel rather foolish it took that long to notice. God is gracious to us, which I am grateful for.
I think it’s really funny. I could nearly hear Him giggling at me. I love it … He is good despite the recognition by us 🙂 but when i do recognise I will declare His goodness!
Good to hear from you … I will need to stop by to see how your tribe is doing.
Blessings!
Awesome, time and again our Lord Jesus proves that He is a living Lord who is mindful of each one down to the minutest details and hidden desires of our hearts.
Absolutely 😁 He is so amazing ♥️
Thank you for the message. It was timely and minister to me deeply. the chocolate cake kisses and the tea towels were both bookends to the story’. Showed me God is truly in everything and cares about the big to the little thing in our lives.
Dear Jacki
He surely does care and sees you 🥹 and adores you!
Blessings Beth
Hey Beth
Firstly thank you for sharing this story of your act of kindness and Gods work in you and through you.
Nice to listen and reading stories like this and how amazing our God is.
God bless
R
Thanks for reading Russell and writing ✨✨✨ God astounds me in how He moves and loves myself and others around me 🌸🌸🌸
Beth,
Thank you, this is so encouraging and a reminder about how our Father in Heaven cares so much about everything in our lives. Also, not to disregard those desires and nudges that He gives us no matter how insignificant they may seem especially when it comes to ministering to others. Go is so Good!
You are so welcome!
Thank you for commenting.
It’s the little things that draw others to Him. Through us He flows and through us He shows himself 🌸