The Unexpected
I've had 2 experiences this week that have been a reminder of God's care and compassion for us especially at times when we are feeling alone. I'm still having health issues that are making it difficult to leave my house. It is probable I will be returning to the US for surgery.
On Monday night I was sitting in my house reading when I heard a bus outside of my house. This is not necessarily an uncommon thing to hear, but I hear people getting off. I went out on the front porch to see what was happening. It was the students from the seminary and a few people from the church. As they filed into my yard I wasn't sure what they were doing there, but as they circled around me one of them spoke, "We have come to pray for you." So there we stood on the porch in a circle and prayers were lifted to the Father. I didn't understand every word that was spoken, but this group had come to intercede. I'm so thankful that God hears us whether we are in a church or on a front porch fighting the mosquitoes and that we are to come as we are.
The second thing that happened also caught me off guard. This morning we had a guest speaker in chapel who thought he did not need to fit the time constraints. I only had 40 minutes left of my class by the time everyone got there. Class began as normally as any other with singing. After we finished I asked them to get out their Bibles and open to Philippians. They got their Bibles out, but were whispering among themselves. Finally one of them looked up at me with tears in his eyes and in English, said "This is for your life now." And he proceeded to read Romans 8 to me, still in English. Again I was surprised with the unexpected. And again I'm thankful that God uses the unexpected to minister to us at the moment we need it.
On a sidenote: I will be returning to the doctor on Monday and will probably know by the end of next week about a projected return date.
On Monday night I was sitting in my house reading when I heard a bus outside of my house. This is not necessarily an uncommon thing to hear, but I hear people getting off. I went out on the front porch to see what was happening. It was the students from the seminary and a few people from the church. As they filed into my yard I wasn't sure what they were doing there, but as they circled around me one of them spoke, "We have come to pray for you." So there we stood on the porch in a circle and prayers were lifted to the Father. I didn't understand every word that was spoken, but this group had come to intercede. I'm so thankful that God hears us whether we are in a church or on a front porch fighting the mosquitoes and that we are to come as we are.
The second thing that happened also caught me off guard. This morning we had a guest speaker in chapel who thought he did not need to fit the time constraints. I only had 40 minutes left of my class by the time everyone got there. Class began as normally as any other with singing. After we finished I asked them to get out their Bibles and open to Philippians. They got their Bibles out, but were whispering among themselves. Finally one of them looked up at me with tears in his eyes and in English, said "This is for your life now." And he proceeded to read Romans 8 to me, still in English. Again I was surprised with the unexpected. And again I'm thankful that God uses the unexpected to minister to us at the moment we need it.
On a sidenote: I will be returning to the doctor on Monday and will probably know by the end of next week about a projected return date.
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