Jeremy and I have gotten into the habit of going on late night walks together. Generally, Jeremy likes to go on late night walks anyway so that he can pray and seek the Lord. Lately, though, we have been walking together - talking about the future, where we see God working and discovering our shared passions.
What made me smile yesterday was just how funny God is, and how He encourages us in just the right way at just the right time (especially when we are paying attention). Jer had a rough day, feeling limited and lost inside the church building, and aching to start pursuing the vision we were given last week (sorry - haven't blogged about that yet!) We went on a late night walk to the gym and were talking about the day, our feelings, and the future. Jer mentioned the last time he was struggling with this, God brought a few Revolutionaries into his day (students who we worked with in the grass-roots Revolution movement that we walked away from 2 1/2 years ago). When we got to the gym, there was a kid on the elliptical machine who kept looking at us. I didn't know who he was, but he walked over and starting chatting with Jeremy... about the Revolution.
This kid had been to our house a few times, attended a few Revolution events, and asked Jer what the future looked like. And so Jer got to share what we may be noodling on and invited this kid to potentially join us. What is funny about God is that had we waited just a few months longer to see this vision, many of these 'random' Revolution encounters wouldn't be happening. 2 1/2 years was the perfect amount of time to let us find our stride together, let us see what the Lord might be doing, and to come back to finish the work that was already started.
God is funny. He encourages us in just the right way at just the right time.
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