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The way God works? I don't know. Everytime I figure Him out, He shows me that I am wrong. He doesn't do things the way I think He will. He doesn't follow my plan. He doesn't let me know things ahead of time. He gives me what He will, when He wants and I can't control anything! I'm getting comfortable with that, and I might as well.
You know, God sometimes gives you a sign or confirmation to answer you or to let you know that you are on the right track. It would be an addictive experience if He would do it consistently, just when you needed it the most, but His timing is always right.
I told myself again recently, "Hey bud (me, talking to me), it sure would be nice if God would see fit to give me a little sign to guide me, to reassure me, to let me know that I'm doing something right".
You see, I have questions sometimes and in my great wisdom........ well, I think I need something from Him, an encouragement, an affirmation, a loud voice, a soft whisper, a little miracle......something........anything! My great wisdom! HA! That's right, laugh and enjoy your laugh! Because I know that IS funny!
I don't know how He works. I don't understand why He works the way He does. I'm nearly always wrong when I think I've figured something out; however, on this one thing, I think I've seen a pattern.
God doesn't want us to get stuck on miracles and signs and wonders. He Loves it when we go out on Faith, when we are obediant, when we align our will with His will. He is pleased with us when we plod along, when we go through the motions of our everyday lives doing simple and meaningless things. Of course with God there are no simple meaningless things, He gives every action meaning and significance, no matter how small it may seem.
When I learn to live God's way, with a sense of expectancy- tempered with steadfast contentment. When I go forth not needing or wanting anything except to honor and serve Him, well, that's when things start happening!
I witnessed a little miracle this past weekend and I can't divulge it. It's personal. It exposes my lack of Faith, my arrogance. It reveals me seeing God as powerless to do certain things, and, then, Him doing exactly what I had secretly told myself He could never, would never bring to pass.
I was talking to Tish about this on Tuesday afternoon. She was at the church doing church stuff and I was stopping by, snooping, trying to find out what she was up to. (Always something good and useful). We were in the parking lot and I was talking to her about miracles and signs and how God can, and sometimes does look deep inside us and he finds the very thing that we believe He can't or won't do and He does it, just to show us who He is ( and what we are! ).
While I was trying to talk to Tish I was interrupted by a bird. Not just a bird, but a big one. I'm standing there trying to tell Tish about a little (big) miracle and I'm grappling through the junk in my truck, fumbling for my camera, trying to get the settings right, trying to talk about a miracle, remembering another miracle (my new truck), thinking in my head, "bird....big bird......not a turkey vulture, not an osprey, not a hawk......"
The bird is soaring over the millpond. I'm aiming and snapping pictures and stuttering my story. Tish is in front of me listening patiently. She glances at the bird. I say, "That's an eagle!", "I've only seen one eagle before in Jones County and that was 10 years ago!" "Tish, this is big, I've been identifying and watching birds since I was four years old, that's an eagle!" I'm clicking away, stammering, groping for words, still trying to tell my important miracle story.
I don't know it yet, but another miracle is materializing at the very same time. I'm thinking, "Tish doesn't get it, That's an eagle!"
  
The eagle is soaring above the millpond tracing one halo after another behind, above Tish's head while I'm talking and snapping pictures. "Nobody's going to believe this, I've got to get a good shot!"
Tish says, "You haven't been paying attention, you haven't read my blog profile. You don't know my "life verse".
I lower my camera,.....
"....mount up with wings as eagles?"
"Yes......"
40:31 "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. " Isaiah 40:31
Signs, wonders, miracles.
We don't need miracles. But God keeps delivering them. We're learning to live and work for Him, doing simple things, one act at a time, and He keeps assuring us, "Yes Daughter", "Yes Son".
And the eagle was gone. |
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| March 11, 2009 |
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| As I read this I realized God had given even another miracle. I just shared this scripture with someone else who was in need of comfort. God is still in the miracle business, we just have to stand still and let God Move. In those quiet moments Neil, He does give us those signs and wonders we just have to be quiet and listen. |
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| March 11, 2009 |
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| How beautiful. Love, Wendy |
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| March 11, 2009 |
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| Oh boy, this made me cry and have chill bumps all at the same time. Another miracle! We are so blessed. I needed this.Thank you Tish and Neil! |
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| March 12, 2009 |
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| Awesome blog & photos! |
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