the whirlwind dies down... doesn't it?
The last month has been simply crazy.
Highs and lows... that's the way life goes sometimes. God is the constant and his love still endures forever.
As days and weeks move quickly by I often feel like a gerbil running on a wheel. I can keep running all day long and get nowhere just as fast that way as if I was standing still. This isn't the truth in life though. Sometimes we are blessed with the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the heavenly plan that resides just beyond the thin veil between heaven and earth.
I got a call just yesterday from a man I counseled in Bridgeway. He told me that he has been in treatment more than four times and has never experienced what he is now. He told me of the work that God is doing in his life and the ways that he is actually feeling alive again. This man shared with me the trials he has faced since leaving inpatient treatment and how he has overcome through the strength of God. He cried. And he thanked me for taking the time to get to know him and find how to help him... personally.
A week ago I was speaking with another guy who came through Bridgeway. We were talking about his continued recovery and he shared with me the news of a recent death. One of his roommates from inpatient care at Bridgeway overdosed and died. He told me how shaken he was by the news and how he knew that he could have been right beside his friend if not for God intervening and taking him away from that life.
When I have conversations like these I see that God is truly at work to rescue and redeem the souls of those who would open up to him. It is not that I had really forgotten this truth, but it can be easy to not SEE it even when it is right in front of your eyes.
God is at work.
Sure, my life has been crazy lately. Things at our church have been nuts too. I see this only as the product of the spiritual battle we are engaged in. When we are faithful in sharing God's words of life, freedom, and salvation to those who are in bondage to sin, we will surely encounter the works of the forces of evil. No enemy will sit idle when the captives are set free.
I for one think it is more than worth it to experience trials in my life so that others may experience life in the hearing of the Gospel.
Highs and lows... that's the way life goes sometimes. God is the constant and his love still endures forever.
As days and weeks move quickly by I often feel like a gerbil running on a wheel. I can keep running all day long and get nowhere just as fast that way as if I was standing still. This isn't the truth in life though. Sometimes we are blessed with the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the heavenly plan that resides just beyond the thin veil between heaven and earth.
I got a call just yesterday from a man I counseled in Bridgeway. He told me that he has been in treatment more than four times and has never experienced what he is now. He told me of the work that God is doing in his life and the ways that he is actually feeling alive again. This man shared with me the trials he has faced since leaving inpatient treatment and how he has overcome through the strength of God. He cried. And he thanked me for taking the time to get to know him and find how to help him... personally.
A week ago I was speaking with another guy who came through Bridgeway. We were talking about his continued recovery and he shared with me the news of a recent death. One of his roommates from inpatient care at Bridgeway overdosed and died. He told me how shaken he was by the news and how he knew that he could have been right beside his friend if not for God intervening and taking him away from that life.
When I have conversations like these I see that God is truly at work to rescue and redeem the souls of those who would open up to him. It is not that I had really forgotten this truth, but it can be easy to not SEE it even when it is right in front of your eyes.
God is at work.
Sure, my life has been crazy lately. Things at our church have been nuts too. I see this only as the product of the spiritual battle we are engaged in. When we are faithful in sharing God's words of life, freedom, and salvation to those who are in bondage to sin, we will surely encounter the works of the forces of evil. No enemy will sit idle when the captives are set free.
I for one think it is more than worth it to experience trials in my life so that others may experience life in the hearing of the Gospel.
posted by Gregg @ 10:09 AM
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