How to Silence Over 500 People

I can hardly believe it's the final week of the fast.  The last 2 weeks have mostly flown by - although there definitely have been times when it seemed like time stood still (especially at the Cheesecake Factory as my son was ordering his red velvet "cheesecake from heaven").

A good friend of mine posted this on Facebook yesterday:

God’s characteristic way of working is in quietness and through prayer. … If we are conditioned to respond to noise and size, we will miss God’s word and action. – Eugene Peterson

So true - God loves to work through quietness and prayer - but sometimes "quiet" doesn't mean sitting in a room alone with no distractions.  Here's a crazy example:  Yesterday, in the middle of more than 500 people, God revealed a bit of His plan to me.  The room seemed to be eerily silent, although there were hundreds of people sitting all around and our pastor's message was being proclaimed from stage.  God created His own quiet.  He removed all of the sounds around me - the people whispering, coughing, sneezing, babies crying, Pastor Craig's message through the loud speakers, people snoring (just kidding - who can sleep when Craig preaches!).  He created quiet so that I could hear his voice.

Hopefully someday I will share what He said to me...but in the meantime, suffice it to say that Change is coming, and it is going to be GOOD!