Difficult Seasons

Hospital Sign

Interesting things happen when you make hospital visits. Things that are not easily explained by skill, or preparation, or knowledge, or planning.

For no good reason, you start in the middle of the list instead of at the top, and that person says, “You showed up at just the perfect moment because…”

Without any forethought or knowledge, you ask a question or make a remark, and the person you’re visiting says, “Wow, it’s amazing that you said that!  I’ve been thinking about that all day.”

You sit down in the cafeteria for a quick lunch and end up striking up a conversation with someone at the next table.  She pours out her heart to you about her troubles, and says, “I haven’t had anyone to talk about this with.”

You see, none of us are  good enough to make those kinds of things happen on a regular basis. Maybe by chance something like that could happen once in a lifetime.  When it happens repeatedly, you need an explanation.

Here’s mine.  Someone bigger, wiser, and more knowledgeable than we are has become involved.

Jesus made this seemingly outrageous claim one day:  “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.” (Matthew 18:20)

Interested in seeing God at work? Make a bunch of visits to sick people or people in prison or feed and clothe a bunch of needy folks, and you’ll be amazed at how often you see things happen that can only be explained by as God working.

Feel free to add your stories in the comments.

(Photo Credit: Katyscrapbooklady)

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