One of the things I really Love about God

Last night I was speaking at this event in Creswell. When it was over this man and his wife walked up to me with a look in their eyes that said; “We want a different life.” I was talking with someone else at the time but could feel this tug to finish the conversation I was in and get to this couple.

As soon as the guy I was talking with took a breath I reached out and introduced myself to this young man and his wife. Instantly there was a connection. We all three just started talking and things started to pour out of his life and into the conversation.

His wife stepped away so the conversation could get more personal and so that her husband could say the things he needed to say. The look in his eyes was one of great relief. It was as if the things he’d wanted to say were being extricated from his life and he wasn’t restricting the flow.

I remember what it felt like when someone listened to me the first time and didn’t give me religious garbage or three part sermons to make life better. I remember the first time God interrupted my life with truth not another book or self-help novel that only put a band aide on the real problem. I remembered last night what it felt like to feel that flow that love of God for another person that you really don’t even know yet.

I guess the reason it’s so important is that it reminds us of how much God really cares for people. It reminds us that we have a role to play but we don’t get to pick it. It reminds us that someone really is in charge and it isn’t us.

Thanks God for another moment in time.