It is hard to deny the miracle. It's not over though. I believe the story is still unfolding, that there is still an amazing purpose not yet revealed.
One thing I am thinking about, which is inspired by Francis Chan's book "Crazy Love" and the afore mentioned story, is that I might be dead at your reading of this. I can't help but wax contemplative over Ecclesiastes 7:2 which says "It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting. For death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart."
If my life is a vapor and can suddenly and unexpectedly vanish at any moment, what the heck am I doing now? I suppose that is the question for myself. Nothing else should matter but my obsession with God. He is the one this life is about, not me. I was created for Him, not He for me.
Anyway, these are my musing in response to the visit with the Bugalows and "Crazy Love." I could go on, but fear that it would be so long and boring that no one would read it.
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It seems like God's been doing a lot of healing and revealing in a bunch of us lately... Its crazy and so very awesome to see Him working in and around us isnt it?! :)
It may be long, but certainly not boring. I've heard it said before that people who survive near-death encounters go on to live much fuller lives in a completely different perspective. I've also read recently that it's not the tough Rambo types who make it through those near-death scenarios, but it's almost always humble and unprepared people, and most often children. In 1 Peter and elsewhere in the Bible it says that he who has suffered in his body has died to sin, is done with the ways of the world and can live fully for Christ. I also keep thinking of John's encounter with God in Revelation 1, when he falls at his feet "as if dead." One thing that is truly an important part of you as a person is that you are a man of humility who knows where he stands before God. I believe that the primary reason that you love nature so much is that you can walk through a forest of immense trees or climb a mountain and truly honor the maker of it all. Being in the wilderness puts it in perspective for you. If you just continue to walk in that, God will order your steps and separate you for himself. "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8). I think a great testament to this is that you were in the right place at the right time going to the right church, without which none of this would have happened. Maybe this is why you moved to Lancaster after all! I love you Fletch, peace to all three of you.
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