LISTENING TO SUDDEN
Yesterday SUDDEN struck a man in the prime of his God-serving life by way of a motorcycle crash. He leaves behind the sunniest, laugh-till-she-cries kind of person who loved being his wife.
SUDDEN always interrupts life and love. Everything is moving along somewhat predictably, some good, some not-so-good, and then SUDDEN rearranges everything.
SUDDEN bad: death, diagnosis, disease, derailment of finances, destruction, desertion.
SUDDEN good: miraculous healing, unexpected bounty, return of a prodigal child, unexpected expression of love missing before.
Yes, SUDDEN always interrupts life and love. But it interrupts something else: our relationship with God. SUDDEN rearranges our view of God, our feelings toward God, whether SUDDEN struggle or SUDDEN praise.
One hundred years from now, those of us reading this will be in our eternity life. Could SUDDEN be one of God's many ways to bring us to each other now so we can spend this life together searching for Him?
