Miracle

Who would have thought that an early arrival at the train station and a lack of lunch would set the stage for such a random encounter.

I arrived at the "gara" to meet a group of women headed to the mountains for some time away. I decided to arrive early to allow for some time to grab lunch before our scheduled departure. After standing for a few minutes holding my tray and suitcase, a man waved me over. Without giving it much thought, I saw down. I ate in silence for a bit, hoping this awkward situation would be over soon. After a few, long minutes, he asked where I was from.

From that point, we established that he had been to MN, would be studying in Ohio, lives in Spain, and was on his way to visit his family in Craiova (a city in Romania that I have visited). It was nice to have "lunch" with a friendly stranger in the train station and certainly provides a fun story to tell. Who knows if I will ever run into Bogdan again-in a train station McDonald's or elsewhere, but it certainly brightened my day and reminded me that God can cause the paths of any two people to cross if he so desires:)

Falling

I was on my way home from my language lesson last night, when I realized that the man beside me was falling for me-quite literally. It took some effort on his part, but he managed to pull himself away long enough to move to another part of the bus, only to risk falling for someone else. I guess it is hard to resist the forces of gravity when swayed so strongly by the crazy driver in front:)

Amazed

You dance over me
While I am unaware
You sing all around
But I never hear the sound

Lord I’m amazed by You
Lord I’m amazed by You
Lord I’m amazed by You
How You love me

How wide
How deep
How great
Is Your love for me

Music and lyrics by Jared Anderson
© 2004 Vertical Worship Songs

How amazing that God chooses to love, to teach me, to bring laughter into my life, to bless me, to listen to me, and on and on.... I'm amazed!

Truth

Why is it that we find it so much easier to believe the lies that satan throws in front of us? This weekend, I had a chance to explore truth with a friend, to explore the lies that we believe. I find that it is so much easier to believe truth for others and hard to integrate truth into my life. Unfortunately, that means that each day I choose to believe lies over truth, the truth gets harder to believe.

Lord, I have heard Your truth and refused to beleive it in my life. Please help me to hear Your truth and choose to believe it! Please bring people into my life to help me believe. Thank you for revealing yourself to us and for loving us even when we don't believe!