... was about God in the unseen. Who is always doing things in our best interest. Though it is generally on a timetable we cannot perceive. We've been working our way through the Old Testament book of Esther. An interesting story, but one I will not re-tell, so you have to read it for yourself. It could easily be a script for a modern day Hollywood tale: the villain will eventually get his comeuppance, and we can all cheer when the white hats win out in the end.
Today was about how Romans 8:28 comes into our lives in ways we often do not have the vision to see. How God was working in the lives of the Hebrew people for many years behind the scenes, unseen and possibly unacknowledged. Moving the pieces into place for His will, according to His plan. Even though the people often thought themselves downtrodden, persecuted and looked at their circumstances as a great tragedy.
Hearing all this, in very simple terms, and being asked the question of how can you apply this to your life? Where does this show up for you? God working behind the scenes? With things appearing to go terribly awry at the time? But ultimately finding that as you get distance from some heart-wrenching, watershed event, you see that there is goodness. And grace to be had from the experience of learning that lesson.
So basically: if you think things happen due to remarkable coincidence or have any reason to believe that you life is one of serendipity, you need to be looking in a different direction. And I am not talking about staring out to sea, or gazing across the prairie towards the mountains in the distance. Or suddenly thinking of someone you rarely see, and feeling an urgent need to be in touch: it's more than 'a disturbance in the force'. Everything happens for a reason. If you need to be in touch - you know where I am....
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