HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?

How does it happen that we plan a visit to Campbell for 12 March because we need to be in Thousand Oaks on 13 March, and then we find out that 12 March is the day the Christian School finishes a fundraiser for Made in the Streets, and they would like very much for us to be there for the closing event?

How does it happen that my doctor tells me it would be good to read Three Cups of Tea, since it is a little like our own work, and we arrive at the Jacks' house, where we are staying that night, to find that Michelle has that book sitting on her stairway to give to us?

How does it happen that the MITS' Team works out the holiday events for the street kids, sets up a budget so I can send out a newsletter requesting help, and the money we get in the next two weeks dedicated to that purpose is in fact that amount?

What is the nature and power of faith that events like this should occur? Does faith in fact bend the course of events to fit the need and the plan? Or is faith a faithful guide to put us in the right place at the right time? Jesus said that our trust in Him would shake geography, putting mountains in unplanned locations. So faith has this power to bend and shape. And it is not the power we put into our faith, but the mere presence of faith that brings such joyous shape to our lives. For this is the nature of the mustard seed.

We are not ashamed to accept these gifts, not ashamed to admit that it is not our intelligence and planning that makes life so very good, but the goodness of the one in whom we trust.

So...take a look at a coin today...and let good things happen.