It was very cold when we finally got outside. It wasn't surprising that the haste had cost us the battery of his car. It had died because the lights were left on all night. After having gotten Ezra from his friend's house they were rushing inside and the oversight was costing us time. We had to take my car. My car needs a fresh gallon of water to make it that distance, But what an amazing providence to have a spare car to get to church. We haven't always had such a precious alternative. We did this morning. One of those mornings that the pressing our way was a precursor to the expectation that God would meet us in our worship. He did meet us. God was there the fellowship was delightful and the worship was refreshing, but God's word was the salve and the motivation to take us through the week. We were instructed and encouraged to expect more from God than we do from the devil.
Genesis 48!
Not fiction. Jacob blessed both of his grandsons from Joseph.
This was a verse that was my meditation when I was working at Allstate. I remember sitting on the bench on my lunch hour and it was as though Jacob was sitting right there telling me jokes in my sad moments there. I missed my children. Ethan and Christina were most in my minds, although Ezra was just a toddler. I wanted to bring them with me and show them what I was learning, but there were other things for them and for me. All of the children are grown now and my meditation of that moment when I realized that Jacob had learned from God that there was more than one blessing from God for his children and that God intended to use his life to bless each and everyone of them in His own way.
I see God's blessings. I see God's weaving my prayers and expectations into his answers to my prayers and overruling my shortcomings in his omnipotence. His word is a light and a lamp and our prayers are the threads in his hand, combining and making one new man out of broken pieces and nuanced threads. He has been faithful and continues to be faithful. Halleluia!
Are we following his plans like the geese were, this morning?
