Wouldn't it be sad?

I know there are those of you that are somewhat skeptical when I talk about how God works in my life.  You do, though, have to admit it's either the biggest coincidence in the history of the word that these things happen to me or maybe, just maybe, I'm right.  I don't think there's a middle ground there.  

Someone once told me I see what I want to and I've talked about that before.  My answer is that I just see what's there to be seen.  Sometimes, though, I think the interpretation of the things I see are open.  Sometimes, I don't know how to interpret them, as the story last Sunday illustrates.  I saw the wife.  She saw me.  Why?  I haven't a clue, other than knowing it was a divinely inspired meeting.

There are times, though, that I know exactly what things mean.  I shared with you the songs on the blog last night.  The last one talks about the darkness and morning coming.  Before I turned in, I was reading a book my pastor gave me and turned on the radio to hear the BBN announcer talking about difficult circumstances in our lives.  He further went on to say something about when God is getting ready to do something miraculous, first He has to create the impossible circumstance.  And then he used the metaphor of darkness and the morning to illustrate the point.

Yeah.  I just turned on the radio at that particular moment and it was just there.

Isn't it sad to think like that?  To have no hope that God really does love us enough to be involved in our lives?  To think He's too busy with everything in the world to come to us in an hour of need, even if that need was just some reassurance that He was still there.

To me, it's humbling and I'm in awe every time I have one of these little meetings with the Almighty.  I love to share the moments they happen because it's out of awe and reverence that I do.  God is GOOD and I want y'all to know that too.  More than my stories though, I like to hear stories of how God is doing things in other peoples' lives too.

Today's sermon at church was about grace, love, faith, perseverance, hope, and God's timing.  The hymn selections were perfect.  The sermon was perfect.  It built on the things I saw and hear last night that morning is coming.  That's a sunrise I cannot wait to see!  

And I wish y'all could have seen my little Facebook news feed for the last 15 hours or so.  It's all building on a theme that's so important to me.  I'm not naive' enough to think that this is all aimed at me; that would be selfish and foolish thinking.  It's just an example of how God can use moments to inspire us, to reach us where we are, to tell us He's still there and still cares, and in the simplest of today's terms:

"I've got this!"

I know there are those that read the ol' blog that still would use words like Karma, coincidence, or fate. Yeah..um...maybe not so much that as God's providence.  I've learned to look at the things I see in life that way, whether they're happening in my life or someone else's.  It would be sad if I was a Christian and had no faith and hope in the promises of God.  I'm really hoping that by sharing these things with you, you'll see that God is and He does care for and love us and that you'd want to have that close relationship with Jesus.  That's the point of sharing.

That, and you'll see that God's grace is at work still today in our world, in our lives.  Sharing also gives me an opportunity to give credit, praise and glory to Him who is due.  I do none of these things myself. That goes to God!

Today is a day to praise and worship God!  Praise God!  Praise Jesus!