"What do you want me to do for you?" is the question that Jesus asked blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:51. How would you answer that question if He asked you? I'm not sure which thing I would choose. To Bartimaeus it was quite obvious - "Rabbi, I want to see". I love the way it is written in verse 50 when Bartimaeus is invited by Jesus to draw close and it says, "Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus". Bartimaeus was "expecting" something. He anticipated that things were going to change that day. Jesus told him that his faith had made him well. "Immediately" (one of Mark's favorite words) Bartimaeus regained his sight.
I believe that we are called to be people of expectation. As we go back to Burkina Faso, I want to be expecting God to bring change to my life, to others lives, and to situations around. I want to be ready, like Bartimaeus, to "jump to my feet and come to Jesus". What are you expecting?
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Small Miracles - Big God!
We went to Washington, DC today to visit our nation's capital. It is something we haven't done together as a family and today we had 14 family members who ventured down to DC to take in the sights. It was a beautiful day - and we saw about as much as one can see in a day. I was most struck by the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier". But I also found great joy in seeing God do something very significant on the Metro going into DC. Let me share it with you.
What I really wanted to talk to you about is how, as my father used to say, "God delights in doing the little things for His children". We got on the subway today to head to the downtown area. If we had been a moment sooner or a moment later, we might well have missed something. As we got on the subway, an African lady was seated in the same car and was talking both Jula and French on the phone. Since we speak both of those languages, Amy waited until the lady had hung up and then made her way over to introduce herself. She asked the lady, "Do you speak Jula?" To this, she replied, "I do, and I believe we have met before". It turned out that this lady worked as a nurse/midwife at the hospital in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire where both Kari and Peter were born. She remembered us from that time and said that they had never forgotten Amy.
Because of the uprising in our former country of service, Mme C was forced to leave and request asylum in the U.S. Her husband was murdered during the unrest, due to his roots of origin from the North. She herself was endangered and sought to leave for a new life in the U.S. She is currently trying to learn English so that she can maybe look for a job and make a living in this country.
For a few brief moments, we thoroughly enjoyed the "little miracle" of how God connects two people in a city of 1,000,000 people together for a chance to encourage and to talk about God's goodness and His people. We hope to connect Mme C to one of our churches there in the Silver Springs area.
God delights in doing the little things for His people. Keep an eye out for where it is that He is working and where He is doing the "little things".
What I really wanted to talk to you about is how, as my father used to say, "God delights in doing the little things for His children". We got on the subway today to head to the downtown area. If we had been a moment sooner or a moment later, we might well have missed something. As we got on the subway, an African lady was seated in the same car and was talking both Jula and French on the phone. Since we speak both of those languages, Amy waited until the lady had hung up and then made her way over to introduce herself. She asked the lady, "Do you speak Jula?" To this, she replied, "I do, and I believe we have met before". It turned out that this lady worked as a nurse/midwife at the hospital in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire where both Kari and Peter were born. She remembered us from that time and said that they had never forgotten Amy.
Because of the uprising in our former country of service, Mme C was forced to leave and request asylum in the U.S. Her husband was murdered during the unrest, due to his roots of origin from the North. She herself was endangered and sought to leave for a new life in the U.S. She is currently trying to learn English so that she can maybe look for a job and make a living in this country.
For a few brief moments, we thoroughly enjoyed the "little miracle" of how God connects two people in a city of 1,000,000 people together for a chance to encourage and to talk about God's goodness and His people. We hope to connect Mme C to one of our churches there in the Silver Springs area.
God delights in doing the little things for His people. Keep an eye out for where it is that He is working and where He is doing the "little things".
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