Expecting the Unexpected

With Promise Keepers: A Time to Honor just around the corner I am filled with excitement and anticipation. I’m expecting God to snatch some people right out of evil’s grip. I’m expecting the blessing on women to heal broken and weary hearts and refresh souls to soar with God’s eagles. I’m expecting a transformation of the busy to reach out and bend down to lift our brothers and sisters who struggle with having so little to become a real community who share with each other. I’m expecting Jew & gentile to experience the mending of the divide in the most glorious of ways and I cannot fathom what that looks like. I am expecting God’s healing hand to be over all who attend, who watch, who hear, who pray…. I’m expecting the unexpected…… I’m expecting the Kavod.

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 1:6).

A pearl to string: A young man who had been raised as an atheist was training to be an Olympic diver. The only religious influence in his life came from his outspoken Christian friend. The young diver never really paid much attention to his friend's sermons, but he heard them often.

One night, the diver went to the indoor pool at the college he attended. The lights were all off, but since the pool had big skylights and the moon was bright, there was plenty of light for practice. The young man climbed up to the highest diving board and turned his back to the pool on the edge of the board, arms extended outward. It was then that he saw his shadow on the wall. The shadow of his body was in the shape of a cross. The man felt as if someone was speaking to him. The words of his Christian friend filled his mind. In his heart, he suddenly realized the truth. Instead of diving, he knelt down and finally asked God to come into his life. As the young transformed diver stood to his feet, a maintenance man walked in and turned on the lights. The pool had been drained for repairs.

God is going to catch our breath just like that,
You are loved,
Lyndi