The last couple of days have been full of amazing moments.
On Sunday at church, Mr. Fantastic prayed for a friend of ours, spoke words to her that God had placed on his heart. She told us later in an email how very deeply his words had held God’s working in her life.
Yesterday a dear friend who just began the adoption process earlier this year texted me the beautiful photo of her new baby. They turned in their home study on Friday and are on a plane to go meet their son today.
Last night Boy 1 opened his heart poured it out to us, let us pray with Him for more of God in his life. I am treasuring the sight of his quest for all God has for him. There is no doubt he is a hero in his parents’ eyes.
In the midst of all this amazing grace, my thoughts continually fall on the image of a fuse on a giant firecracker- like the ones in old cartoons- lit up by our faith in God.
We’re all just watching that fuse burn down, waiting for the beautiful explosion of God’s will in our lives.
He is always with us.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
-Psalm 139:7-12
For many years, Psalm 139 has been my favorite. It may always be.
I read it again, and again, and again as I watch the fuse sizzle and spark toward the next display of God’s power and love explode in my heart.
His greatness is on display all around.
I look at my marriage, my family, our church, our city, and I wonder what God has planned next for all of us.
Because I know God to be good, I know He has planned yet another beautiful display in our future.
Because I live in the unsteady world of sin, I also know that the beautiful display may be at the end of a difficult or dark road.
Facing that truth gives us all the more reason to light the fuse of God’s will. Even the darkness is not dark to Him, and He will hold us through the frightening times until at last we see it:
His grace and mercy, His power and might, shooting into the sky of our lives and proving the colors of His glorious goodness to us.
Light your own fuse and wait with me. I promise it will all be worth it.
