A New View

I’ve been trying to put words to what God did in me recently.  There are moments of time when our Heavenly Father works wonders so specifically for us that we are left speechless.

My feet have been in and out of my personal Red Sea enough times that I was exhausted with it all!  I’ve read self-help books, attended numerous classes on healing and spent hours talking to a counselor.  Only to be disappointed once again to look up and see the same view.  My heart had grown a bit cynical.

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the Lord will be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel.  Joel 3:16

When I was 18 in 1985, I traveled with the Continental Singers & Orchestra all across the United States as well as France, West Germany, and Holland.  I loved it!  Fast forward 30 years to a hot weekend in Houston where a few of us have planned a reunion.

The connection we all felt was like we had just got off the bus the day before.  We hugged, laughed, cried, listened – caught each other up on the past 30 years.  I remember saying several times “I forgot how much I love you.”   I found myself just sitting silently absorbing the wonder of the moment – I hadn’t seen these people in 30 years and the connection we felt was just as strong.  I felt whole again – like a piece of myself had been found – only so much deeper.

Somewhere in the middle of the sweat, God crossed me over.

I cried all the way home from the airport – huge sobs of joy at the goodness of God! I wept at how He knew 30 years ago that I’d need this group of people NOW in my life….and how each of us had kept the faith in the midst of heartaches.

I had faced this sea for what seemed to be forever.  I’ve had others point it out – just in case I didn’t know.  But this time when I raised my head up, the view had changed.  It made me bow my head in wonderment of a God that still knows me.

Yes, my feet have hit the ground and I’m still healed.

The Lord will be the hope of His people.

I have no formula for what God did in my life.  I just know that you have to deal with your own critters – keep your heart right before Him and in His timing – God just drop kicks you forward.