Good afternoon, surprise surprise

The question is asked at least twice in scripture, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”; both times the answer is “No”, Genesis 18:14. Have you noticed how fond our God seems to be of surprises? At the last second Abraham, arm poised to bring down the knife, is startled by the loud bleating of a lamb caught in the thicket. In the midst of their complaining of hunger the Israelites have to duck for cover as the largest flock of quail ever descends upon them. When the womb is empty, surprise, Sarah wakes up with morning sickness. As all the theologians and clerics are writing him off as unforgivable, to their surprise all of David’s sins are forgiven. Oh no we’re all out of wine . . . except for these three huge jars of wine that just showed up out of nowhere.

So what’s it mean, God’s penchant for surprises? What it means is this, don’t give up. Got a hard row to hoe, don’t come up short. Is the tunnel dark, the light may come at the next step. Is the night its blackest, then dawn approaches. God is watching. You may have taken your eyes off of Him but He hasn’t lost sight of you.

In the midst of her recovery from breast cancer, Janet Paschal was comforted by these words of yet another Gaither song:

Someone said that in each life some rain is bound to fall
And each one sheds his share of tears
And trouble troubles us all
But the hurt can’t hurt forever
And the tears are sure to dry

And it won’t rain always
The clouds will soon be gone
The sun that they’ve been hiding has been there all along

And it won’t rain always
God’s promises are true
The sun’s gonna shine in His own good time
And He will see you through

Need to be encouraged, go to this link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwbAqMD6Sio

The sun’s gonna shine in His own good time. The Son’s gonna hold you and carry you for as long as you need His arms. With a promise like that, what’s to keep us from hanging on and staying all in?

God bless you; I’ll see you soon.