Last night we went to a pub quiz in Nantwich - planning to make it a weekly commitment as part of seeing where God might be at work and where we might tie in. We didn't do so well in the pub quiz - about 2/3 of the way down... but we came away with a tidy sum of money which I can only describe as one of those 'God things' - we've had one of those oh-my-goodness-how-can-we-afford-this-months, with both cars needing work/MOT's...
They had a raffle: buy a ticket, winning ticket got to pick a key (from 8 possible keys) to open the box to win the jackpot... We'd gone to the quiz despite it having been a long day, then I (in rather a Mr Grumpy mood...!) wasn't too keen about buying a ticket, but decided we should buy one - at least to keep the Mrs. happy!!... Then, our ticket was drawn (they must have sold well over a hundred)... Then Liz picked the right key!... Winning us the cost of our car repairs plus a little bit on top...
I get really impatient - I'd gone to the pub quiz hoping we might start to see some signs of God at work/start getting to know people, and was frustrated we hadn't really spoken, despite our best efforts to look intelligebt/lonely/in need of people to join our team! - By the end I was in a real grump wondering why God hadn't brought people to us - I mean, after all, we'd gone with eyes open to seeing where He might be at work, and surely he must be somewhere in a packed pub, right?! Well, one of those 'You really should trust me a little more' moments as our winning sparked a conversation with a member of staff, who used to live in the pub that's now our nearest 'local', and with the landlord... So much for my grumping! Not only did God provide some much needed financial relief for us, he showed us that whatever our plans/feeble attempts/etc, He is always so much bigger, and is always able to work in the most surprising and humbling ways...
PS - My wife was much more succinct - see here
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And it's so free-ing being able to think outside the box about spiritual stuff - without having to adhere to certain 'rules'... being able to think & dream how we can work with this amazing Creator God to walk with these young people on a spiritual journey - even being fellow pilgrims for a while... I'm really excited!!
28 March 2007 at 07:02 PM in Thoughts & comments | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)