How has God amazed me? That's the question put to me tonight.
Learning of the ways that my life touches and intersects with other folks is probably the most significant way that God amazes me. Some are folks that I've only just met here at General Assembly for the first time, yet I meet them over and over. I stop to ask how they are doing and the next time, they check on me. Some are folks I've met only on facebook, but when we meet face to face, it seems that we've been friends for years. Some folks I don't know by name and may never see, but they are vital to my well-being. I'm talking about the cooks, the store clerks, the construction workers -- Folks who provide services and make the goods that I use every day. I don't mean to leave out family and friends whom I see and touch often, but those folks are a given. My husband, children, grandchildren enrich my life.
I Corinthians 12 talks about how we are all members of the body of Christ -- all different and all working together for the glory of God and the building up of the body. Amazing, isn't it? Our interconnectedness.
I wonder how God will work in my life tomorrow..... I wonder how God can use me.
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Spending a week in the whirlwind of people and relationships that is General Assembly has amazed me: how we are all connected by common stories and shared hopes and dreams. We are all seeking to know God and to serve God faithfully, each bringing a unique part of the body of Christ, like a part in a complex and magnificent choir. As one songwriter put it: "All God's critters got a place in the choir..." I am glad to know the gifts and dreams that you and Rand bring to the harmony of God's amazing choir, and I am glad to add my note as well.
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