She was stunned to say the least and gave me a look of surprise. When I saw that the name was accurate and it had struck a nerve I decided to downplay it as I had other customers in line and didnt want to embarrass them so I just simply told her to come back and talk to me in a few min after the line of customers goes away.
So after she decided to return to the counter to talk with me I asked someone to manage the desk as I took a few minutes to step outside to talk with her for privacy. As we stepped outside she was bombarding me with frantic questions "How do you know me? Have you been watching me? Are you stalking me ???" I answered her question as to how I knew her name (the name tag) as I flatly told her that I am not any of the above but there is a God above who loves her very much and cares for her.
There is a store in the complex where the ALTERNATE LIFESTYLES is hosted several times a week and they have the Rainbow Triangle emblems all over the place and she had just begun to attend there. So in those few minutes the Lord used me to speak those few encouraging words to her and she told me of some of her upbringing from her mother. I've never met them after and I'll didnt follow up with them to get a name, address or phone# and I'd probably never recognize them if i saw them again.
I Know I have been verbose, but I recount the background details as much as I can, and the essence of the encounter that the Lord setup and did was to express & share the Freedom & Liberty that his people has in Him. Its very clear that by the fact she was attending a meeting of those in the Alternate Lifestyles and the Lord directed us to have the conversation that He had HIS finger on her life.
Weird how people freak out when you guess their name from a key tag that they have out with their name on it.
But I’m glad you had the opportunity to talk to her and share Christ with her.