Do you believe in signs? I do, definitely yes. Tonight I took our ATV for a solo ride. Today wasn’t good. Sure there were good moments, but the bad far outweighed and the realities of what is just feel so weighty and quite frankly sad. I drove to the top of our hill, turned off the engine, and tried to just be still. All I could hear were some cows in the distance, the wind and my thoughts. So very hard to be still but praise God for a perfect spot in which to try. What a beautiful evening to need a moment of solitude! I pulled out my iPhone and started reading where I last left off in my “daily” Bible reading plan that honestly isn’t daily. There it was:
“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear it’s sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8
And I sat and listened to the gentle breeze that, if I had special-ordered it, could not have been more perfect—not too strong yet just strong enough to keep the gnats at bay. So it is with the Spirit and faith. We trust and know He’s there. Here. In our midst. In our struggles. In our pain. In our heart cries. Like the wind. We can’t see Him or touch Him. But He’s there.
I did petition the Lord for a sign. I was thinking maybe a deer. Thinking of the ram He sent Abraham to be sacrificed in place of Isaac. I had made plenty of noise so seeing a deer would be unlikely if not impossible. Well He didn’t send a deer. Or a ram, which if He had might have sent me to my maker! [Read more…] about A Buzzing Bee