Just when you think God can't do any more wonderful things in your life, something happens. It can start out as simply as an invitation to a friend, to come and spend the evening. Something you have done a dozen times before, and out of nowhere, he can turn it into something so miraculous, so fabulous, that it takes your breath away. Sherry came over tonight, and Yon son was able to spring for Chinese take out, and I had,(naturally) sweet and sour chicken, and we all had something different, but we sat and enjoyed tasting each others favorite dish,and that was great. By the time we were done, we were stuffed,and then we moved into the dinning room,and played the games on the computer, and then we had bible study, and some singing and more music, went here and there on the Internet, and then went back to the games. It all sounds so ordinary, and routine, but let me tell you, there was such a spirit of love and companionship tonight, that, as every visit from Sherry is, it was different.Before we had even one bite of food, we bowed our heads, and asked the Lord to bless us and our evening, and he did. He blessed our food, our laughter, and took control of our whole night.That, as they say, is as it should be. He inspired our thoughts and led us to pray for the lost souls in our families, and helped us to understand just what he could and would do for us, if only we would ask.When it comes right down to it, we know what it is the Lord wants us to do, and what he wants us to pray for, and yet, there has to be an inspiration there, that leads us. Truly, every time with Sherry is an event, and The Lord just makes it more so. To elucidate, I feel it important to say that even when Sherry and I or Yon son have a disagreement, it does not degenerate into more than that. We have found it is possible, even entertaining, to put emotion on hold, and trade points of view, without a fight. We delight in the art of conversation, debating our separate stands, with eloquence, good humor,and mirthful analogy, and sometimes even gentle teasing, cackling all the while, and sometimes we reach a point where one of us will accept the others point of view, and sometimes not. I doesn't matter. Inevitably, we will end up, respecting the others viewpoint, and then, we drop it!
And, we have made a pact, that from now on, when we pray for our families, we will do it agreeing with each other in prayer, because that is what the body of Christ is really all about.Unity,in one spirit, stretching out forward to the mark, the goal, that the Lord will bring us together, to do his will, and by the grace of God, we are brought into his will.
It was a perfect night...and, in fact, it isn't even quite over.But Sherry's such a darling, she insisted that I do my blog, before we go back and play the games some more. Isn't she a sweetie?
It reminds me of an old song, that comes to mind on nights like this...it's" when you come to the end of a perfect day...." And, even without money,without price, this has been as perfect a day as I have had in a long, long time.
PLEASE PRAY FOR SHERRY'S FINANCIAL NEED! IT IS EMINENT!
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