| | Tonight I spoke at InterVarsity. I agreed to it in January, and then it promptly flew out of my head, as things are apt to do.
The topic was an important question: Where is God when my family is broken?
I had scheduled a retreat day yesterday and couldn't really work on the talk much, and I feared I had mistreated this important topic, so I had no choice but to release it and its outcome to God during my prayer day. You would all hope I would have released it before the crisis point, but no, apparently I thrive on miserable drama.
SoI went into tonight nervous, knowing it would not be the best talk I've ever given, but also thinking that God would use it in some way. Someone told me that I kept turning red while speaking (thank you Scottish heritage), which I think happens when my emotions are close to the surface.
Many of us have brokenness in our families, and some have a LOT. I think at the least, God used tonight as a catalyst for people to start talking to and praying for each other. I hope he continues to work in deeper and significant ways. I got to pray with a woman with a difficult family situation, and I thought about how Jesus must care so much.
I used the family of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as our model for a messed up family (gosh they were dysfunctional) but also one through whom God gave blessing and provision. I have hope for us.
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| | Posted 5/4/2007 9:53 PM - 53 views - 0 comments
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