Amen and Amen and Amen, Again and Again and Again.

Of the thousand-millions of Holy Spirit activities, BOTH witnessed and in invisible angel-army realms, over the four days in my time at Camp (for our Walk to Emmaus weekend which is for spiritual growth and church leader development), God included one ‘just special for me‘ witness – so that I would see it and say WOW – WOW What’s Our Witness? Mine is that God’s in charge and has things that knock my socks off – again. 

My whole awakening, over the course of 6weeks in December 2014 to Jan 2015, including unbelievable “God sightings” crazy coincidences, right people at right times. My dry soil seeds hydrated and burst to blooming all at once. So whom am I to not see these jaw-dropping little miracles now. I have MANY of them written up in my awakening writings (which were email format before I put them in blog format months later, now over 2000 writings in 9 years). 

And this most recent God sighting was CLASSIC GOD… I was just minutes away from giving my prepared talk for the event, including discussing my awakening in short detail – making sure to mention that I was/am like Jarius’s daughter raised from dead faith, where Jesus said “she’s simply sleeping” and woke me gently. AND THEN, as I flipped through a book I had donated to the book table, demonstrating to a new friend of the cool set up of scripture and commentary of a Michael Card book (gospel of Mark from the Biblical series), and guess what page I opened? Right to Jarius’s daughter. Boom – I needed that – no matter my nerves I put my rendition of my talk into His Hands – this was for His work not for my comfort or not. We are His Witnesses – whom are we to hide it.

It was something some would call coincidence yet we know there are NO coincidences with God. Treat or trial – thorns too – God says My GRACE is ENOUGH and then some… Some would say a God-sighting yes, and I would say “Yes, Lord, YOU ARE IN CONTROL – and You like to remind me” – cue the acknowledgement of the angel armies in hidden sight. AGAIN… Yeah…

Funny House – I appreciated the talks before mine – and my talk was number 13, one of many fun numbers in my head for God and me – so in talk 12 the pastor-presentor spoke about the example of a house for stages of grace: Prevenient Grace (before we knew it – on the doorstep of the house), Justifying Grace (Just as if I’d never sinned – like being in the door frame), and Sanctifying Grace (you are completely inside – having chosen to walk through the door)… WELL, I told our speaker that God set up my ‘house example’ of Grace like a FUNNY HOUSE, and those days of unbelievable God sightings, the strikes to my disbelief system, THE CHRISTMAS FLOOD, found me holding onto the door jam while God tipped the house and shook it until I had no choice but let my fingers go and LET GO, right into Grace-acceptance, fall right… from asleep to a ‘sanctified faith’ – yeah God, I got it now… 

Jesus sees us, comes to us, wakes us, tends to us as His sheep, and His Holy Spirit grows us up to His Children. Child-like WOWs – still growing in grace – ever approaching His throne – being nudged to live a life that God wants us to live – WITNESSING…

God’s got this – again… Amen

Amen

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Mark 5:34-43

While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?” Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Paul in 2nd Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.