You just never know!

Last Saturday as I was tooling down the road in a caravan of school buses taking the ECHS marching band to a competition, I was enjoying the pretty day and relative light traffic on US 321 outside of Estill, SC. Little did I know that there would be an accident in the other lane that would spill over and involve the last bus. That changed everything!   

Sunday evening Weston (Elizabeth’s boyfriend of two years) asked her to marry him. She said yes and was surprised by their friends and family gathered around to celebrate the event. It seems she has grown up. There have been times… That changed everything (I’m sure I will find out how much in days to come).

This morning (Thursday) there was an accident (come to think of it there has been an accident somewhere in the area each morning this week) at Ga 21 and Ebenezer Road. That changed the path of a few hundred people as they rode buses to school arriving late because of traffic and detours not to mention the lives of those involved and their families.

We live everyday with the possibility that it all could change in an instant and yet we are surprised and shocked when it happens. When was the last time God showed up surprising you and changing everything? For me it was a week or two ago in a conversation with Elizabeth (our oldest). I realized she had matured and was surprised it had happened, grateful too. She spoke of student loans and how grateful she was to not have to pay them. I remembered the struggle deciding which school to go to of three private (read in expensive) colleges, Baylor, Mercer and Berry. I prayed over several days after the financial aid offers arrived. God revealed it was Berry College. I argued because it was the least attractive financial package. God didn’t argue. It dawned on me after all this time He has been good to his word. He had a plan and we (this time) followed and look how it worked out. That kind of realization changes everything.

That’s what we are looking for. The presence of God active and interested in our lives. It’s a game changer. That’s what God does is change the game completely and wonderfully. Most often unexpectedly and unknowingly on our part, nevertheless, “He who was seated on the throne said, Then the One seated on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new.” Revelation 21:5 (HCSB) He is at work making all things new and yet we are surprised. Why? Our thinking needs to be made new!      

In HIS Service and yours

Bro G