Vision of My Future Ministry Before I Had One

Ten years ago I was a paralegal with no ministry background and no particular aspiration for one. During a period of extended fasting and prayer I had a detailed vision — I use that word carefully — of leading a women's group in a setting I did not recognize, speaking to women who had experienced trauma, specifically trafficking survivors. The vision was specific enough that I remembered details: the color of the walls, the shape of the windows, the faces of some of the women. I set it aside. Life continued. Seven years later I changed careers and began working for a nonprofit that serves trafficking survivors. During my first week I walked into the meeting room where the support group gathered. I stopped in the doorway. The walls were the color from the vision. The windows were the same shape. I have been leading that group for three years. I have seen faces I recognize from that vision ten years ago. I do not fully understand how this works. I know what I saw and I know what I walked into.