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“A Small Dose of God Revealed”

On July 2, 2019 by Dteb With 0 Comments - down to earth believer

Today’s post is from a guest writer: my wife.  This is her prayer that she read to me after she wrote it for “The Rooted Experience,” a journey that our church family is taking together.  The prayer was written as a response to the following prompt: “Write a prayer to God asking Him to reveal Himself to you.”  Her writing was so good that I asked her permission to share it with you.  She graciously agreed.

“I think it is a scary prayer to ask God to reveal Himself to me.  I was sitting at the ballfield while the guys were practicing before the game, working on this study.  I thought, I can only take small doses of God revealing Himself to me.

About that time, an older gentleman pulled up in his red Hybrid car.  He had come to play ball.  He appeared to be in his mid to late 70’s.  As he slowly hobbled across the parking lot carrying his bat, I suddenly felt compassion for him.

Is this how God sees us?  Yearning for the days of our youth.  Broken down and worn out from the burdens of life.  And yet, still looking for that spark of pleasure that tells us we’re still in the game.

God sent His Son, Jesus, to tell us we can all still be in the game.  This life is not all there is.  He is the Ultimate Coach that can bring this team back to life by believing and turning all our old ways over to Him and following His example.  The trophy for a well-played game is Eternal Life in Paradise.

Oh, did God just reveal Himself to me in a small dose?”

Postscript: The “hobbler” did an excellent job playing third base for the team I play on.  His accomplishments included handling virtually everything that was hit his way, initiating a triple play, and hitting a triple himself.  We won!

Everybody wins with Jesus—even those who lose.  And thanks, dear wife, for an excellent piece of writing, and a wonderful prayer.

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