"The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit (John 3:8)
If there is something the church needs to recapture again is a child-like faith. A sense of wonder, mystrey, and beauty. A child-like delight and a rapturous joy that surprises us at every turn. I love surprises and its a part of my very being and indentity. Watching and expecting around every corner is Gof who wants to surprise and delight us. This life of joyful surprise is elusive for so many today. Some people don't even like surprises anymore because they are so used to being in control and managaing their circumstances. Is it no wonder that joy seems so elusive to so many?
God delights in us and wants us to delight in Him. Unless we begin to live our lives in such a way to receive his grace, listen to wind of the Spirit, we will miss many opportunties of delight and wonder. God wants to surprise us and give us the wonderful gift of His presence. This gift cannot be earned or controlled. It can only be received by child-like faith.
I like the picture above because the face shows a kind of child-like wonder and looking towards God who is full of surprises. The girl in the picture also strikingly looks like my youngest daughter who just turned twenty one. She called me this weekend and is engaged. Life is full of surprises and many twists and turns. I am happy for the love and joy my daughter has found in a wonderful Christian man whose name is Raphael. May God continue to fill them both with the love, wonder, and the beauty of God. And may God take them on this incredible journey together as they experience the many surprising manifestations of God!
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