Beautiful.
Sunsets, rainbows, clouds, flowers, views from the top of the mountains, snow, bonfires, giant mountains, the ocean, bright fall leaves.
Fancy houses and buildings, bookstores, cool looking stairs, cool looking doors, cabins, art, certain clothes.
Scripture, encouraging letters / notes, quotes, stories, love, friendship, compliments, surprises, presents, music, pictures, prayer, laughter, quiet time with God.
A friend smiling at you, babies, hugs, coffee, holding hands, knowing someone deeply, chocolate, good books, your own bed, playing games, traveling, family, seeing someone you've missed so much, a marriage that furthers the Kingdom.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Monday, February 15, 2016
Stories of God's perfect timing
We read books in the bible and say, "Yeah! That's awesome!" and then we think, "But will He do that for me too?" And maybe it isn't even that distinct thought because in comes the battle of, "Of course He will," but the feeling itself still lingers. The battle between the truths and the lies, the head and the heart, and thoughts and the feelings.
But the stories aren't just in the bible. They're here, now, too.
To protect those in the story, I won't use their real names. So let's use some old people's names just to make it fun. :-) Unless it's me, then it's just me!
My friend Mildred was engaged to a guy named Raymond. I didn't know him well, but never thought they really went together, and I didn't really like him. About a month after they were engaged, Raymond did some stupid things and Mildred realized they should not get married. Even though it was the right thing to do, it was sad stuff. Shortly after, she started dating her friend Donald, who she'd been friends with for about 2 years and neither of them had liked each other before. They dated for a while, got engaged, and got married, and they are SO great for each other. Even in Mildred's start down the wrong path, God got her off of it. God can bring two people together if they're supposed to be together.
I was on a flight from Atlanta to Seattle, with a layover in LAX. Of all the flights I could have chosen with different layovers and different times, and with all the people on the plane, I sat next to a woman who ended up knowing someone I knew!! She had just started a new job and would be working with one of my friends, and had only recently met her! What a crazy cool thing. Huge odds don't interfere with God's plans.
Eleanor and her brother Benjamin came home from school one day and they were old enough to stay home alone. They walked in, and noticed things were thrown all over the place - someone had broken in. They immediately left the house and called the police. The police came and began to search the house, opening all the doors and looking everywhere just in case. They had missed one closet. When they turned away, a man with a gun ran out of the closet and ran out the front door! Had they opened that closet, the guy might have shot him. Thankfully Eleanor and Benjamin also didn't stay in the house! Another example of God's timing!
My friend Inez went through a crazy life experience that just broke her heart in the worst of ways. She deleted all of her social media, and shut down from the world. I wanted to reach out to her, but her mom said she didn't want to talk to anybody. A few months later, I was driving down the road praying for Inez after I left work at Starbucks. I had just finished drinking coffee. On my drive home, I had this huge urge to get more coffee at the Starbucks on the way home. "But that doesn't make ANY sense - I just drank coffee." But I felt like I HAD to have more. So I pulled into the Starbucks and when I walked inside, there was Inez sitting at a table by herself!! After I had just been praying for her! And I knew that the urge to get coffee again was actually God wanting me to go there and see her! I sat down with her and we talked for a long time. God can speak loudly when He wants to, and can choose any way to do it, even when it's kind of confusing!
"We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use
God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of
human reasoning and to destroy false arguments." - 2 Corinthians 10:3-4
But the stories aren't just in the bible. They're here, now, too.
To protect those in the story, I won't use their real names. So let's use some old people's names just to make it fun. :-) Unless it's me, then it's just me!
My friend Mildred was engaged to a guy named Raymond. I didn't know him well, but never thought they really went together, and I didn't really like him. About a month after they were engaged, Raymond did some stupid things and Mildred realized they should not get married. Even though it was the right thing to do, it was sad stuff. Shortly after, she started dating her friend Donald, who she'd been friends with for about 2 years and neither of them had liked each other before. They dated for a while, got engaged, and got married, and they are SO great for each other. Even in Mildred's start down the wrong path, God got her off of it. God can bring two people together if they're supposed to be together.
I was on a flight from Atlanta to Seattle, with a layover in LAX. Of all the flights I could have chosen with different layovers and different times, and with all the people on the plane, I sat next to a woman who ended up knowing someone I knew!! She had just started a new job and would be working with one of my friends, and had only recently met her! What a crazy cool thing. Huge odds don't interfere with God's plans.
Eleanor and her brother Benjamin came home from school one day and they were old enough to stay home alone. They walked in, and noticed things were thrown all over the place - someone had broken in. They immediately left the house and called the police. The police came and began to search the house, opening all the doors and looking everywhere just in case. They had missed one closet. When they turned away, a man with a gun ran out of the closet and ran out the front door! Had they opened that closet, the guy might have shot him. Thankfully Eleanor and Benjamin also didn't stay in the house! Another example of God's timing!
My friend Inez went through a crazy life experience that just broke her heart in the worst of ways. She deleted all of her social media, and shut down from the world. I wanted to reach out to her, but her mom said she didn't want to talk to anybody. A few months later, I was driving down the road praying for Inez after I left work at Starbucks. I had just finished drinking coffee. On my drive home, I had this huge urge to get more coffee at the Starbucks on the way home. "But that doesn't make ANY sense - I just drank coffee." But I felt like I HAD to have more. So I pulled into the Starbucks and when I walked inside, there was Inez sitting at a table by herself!! After I had just been praying for her! And I knew that the urge to get coffee again was actually God wanting me to go there and see her! I sat down with her and we talked for a long time. God can speak loudly when He wants to, and can choose any way to do it, even when it's kind of confusing!
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