How can God love me so much? How can it be that he would go about planning things out so far in advance so that they will work for my good? He is currently speaking to me and teaching me (not to mention refreshing me) through a book written by a not-so-famous pastor in 1892. I picked up this book almost two years ago in a little, hole-in-the-wall, antique bookstore in Chattanooga, TN when I was there for a weekend to see Emily's cousin marry. We were just walking along when we saw this old store and decided that it would be fun to browse. Well, I like old books (I know what you're thinking, and my answer is, "I have no idea."), so I picked up a few stories that I knew and two books that I'd never heard of, books that you've probably never heard of either. I stored them both away, and the other day, I had a few quiet hours that were not stuffed with planned events, so I pulled out Hours With a Sceptic. Oh my God, I am amazed at your planning and foreknowledge. No book recommendation can be better than a recommendation from the Holy Spirit, which is what this book most definitely was. Oh how God knows the details of the future.
And now, he is also ministering to my lovely wife and to me by bringing us fellowship that we have both so desperately needed lately. Today has been for me one of the most refreshing days in a very long time because God has reminded me, by the company and conversation of dear friends, the depths of both his knowledge of and love for me - me personally. There is much more that I would like to write, but I must sleep. I get to worship with the body of Christ in a very few hours. Thank God for that.
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