continued goodness

The Lord is just blessing our socks off lately.

It truly seems that every desperate situation we have brought to Him over the last weeks He has done something with...either miraculously changed the situation, brought healing, given peace, changed course, provided for, answered, made a way, shown hope, redeemed.

Now that I think of it, that has been true all our lives.

I have been crucified with Christ,
It is no longer I who live,
but Christ who lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by faith in Jesus,
Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
I will NOT nullify His grace.
Galatians 2:20


As we try, often stumbling and failing, to live by faith, He continues to love us and continues to give Himself up for us...beautiful grace...and continues to be alive in our lives.  He continues to be at work, all through the lens of His love for us each.

Friday we met with Dr. Thorton (see previous post) for about an hour, a meeting we walked out of saying to each other again: "Wow.  That was a God thing.  Somebody write that down!"

What a beautiful image of Christ we saw through Dr. Thorton.  Rich in education, experience, wisdom and knowledge, I wasn't even sure if he remembered us, and was confident that he would be far more interested in the powerful ministry tools he brought to Emmaus than in our lives.  How humbling and powerful it was, then, to have him sit us down, ask how we were, look at our situation, offer his help and advice, pray with us, encourage us, laugh with us.

How powerfully and miraculously the Lord can use a willing vessel!  The Lord spoke clearly through this man to affirm our hearts and to replace much of the turmoil, exhaustion and uncertainty of the last months with His peace.  He listened, he cared, he brought himself into our situation with us, he shared what the Lord put on his heart, (which was unarguably  from Him) and he offered to help.

All very simple.  Only 50 minutes.  But life-changing.  Truly.  We've been asking the Lord to fill us up and to pour into the vessels of our lives that we are constantly pouring  out of, and He has been!

Then, Tom, Jerry P. and Troy headed out this morning after a great "last supper" last night, and only a few hours later, Jerry C., Jim and Sue Smith pulled in, preparing to teach courses this week.  Thursday OMS Haiti is taking a 3 day spiritual retreat to the Dominican, where Jim and Sue will be sharing.   The hot weather is finally cooling down a bit (it's only 90 right now :), we had a good phone call from dear friends, got to speak to my Dad this morning...all ways that He loves us.

Grateful for His call on our lives, for the beautiful work He has set before us, and for His great love and grace towards us, manifested in so many ways!