Maybe Things Happen in Threes...
Don't know if it is really true or not, but my wife Dana says that bad things happen in threes. I'm not sure there is a scientific study to prove her right or not, but she is a pretty smart lady. Today I am grateful to report that good things also happen in threes.
Got an e-mail today. In fact, I got two of them. The first was from a youth pastor friend talking about the way God is working in the youth group. Students are sharing their faith and deliberately looking for ways to do that. Students are ministering to the needy. 5 of the students were baptized as a step of obedience to God. It would be easy and prideful to say that all this happened as a result of the group going to the Momentum conference last month. But the truth of the matter is that, yes, it was at Momentum, but God decided to move in significant ways that were not orchestrated by human hands. Yes, there is the importance of good planning, but the result was God ordained in the evidence of changed hearts. It was awesome to read about the things the teens in this group are doing for God's glory.
I then was forwarded an e-mail from an OB parent. Probably the most encouraging e-mail I have ever received from a parent. Here is a young man who is applying things at home with an unsaved sibling, in his church, and in his school. This young man is ASB president and looking at how to serve God and love people through that responsibility. He and another Christian friend are making plans to start a Bible study on campus too. Awesome. He gets it.
I just found out that we went way over the fuel budget for the OB teams this summer--even after some serious adjustments and a large percent of the budget given to that. Some dear friends have graciously forwarded on to us some financial gifts, so the verdict at this time is that we are still over the OB fuel budget by an additional $780.85.
So where is the third piece of good news in this? God didn't bring us this far, with an incredible summer of ministry training and experiences, to leave us short. I'm excited to see how God is going to meet this need and bring more glory to Himself (Matt. 5:16).
That's three good things in one day.
Got an e-mail today. In fact, I got two of them. The first was from a youth pastor friend talking about the way God is working in the youth group. Students are sharing their faith and deliberately looking for ways to do that. Students are ministering to the needy. 5 of the students were baptized as a step of obedience to God. It would be easy and prideful to say that all this happened as a result of the group going to the Momentum conference last month. But the truth of the matter is that, yes, it was at Momentum, but God decided to move in significant ways that were not orchestrated by human hands. Yes, there is the importance of good planning, but the result was God ordained in the evidence of changed hearts. It was awesome to read about the things the teens in this group are doing for God's glory.
I then was forwarded an e-mail from an OB parent. Probably the most encouraging e-mail I have ever received from a parent. Here is a young man who is applying things at home with an unsaved sibling, in his church, and in his school. This young man is ASB president and looking at how to serve God and love people through that responsibility. He and another Christian friend are making plans to start a Bible study on campus too. Awesome. He gets it.
I just found out that we went way over the fuel budget for the OB teams this summer--even after some serious adjustments and a large percent of the budget given to that. Some dear friends have graciously forwarded on to us some financial gifts, so the verdict at this time is that we are still over the OB fuel budget by an additional $780.85.
So where is the third piece of good news in this? God didn't bring us this far, with an incredible summer of ministry training and experiences, to leave us short. I'm excited to see how God is going to meet this need and bring more glory to Himself (Matt. 5:16).
That's three good things in one day.
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