reaffirming the reaffirmation (just for cher)

ok. how do i explain this without sounding kooky?

i've been talking a bit about this great bible study i'm taking. it's a study that actually makes you study, dig into the bible and learn from the scriptures. the kind of study i've wanted for years. i am proud to say that i can pretty much flip to any section of The Bible without fumbling around, wondering where in the heck David is, or Hebrews, or Joshua. i have it down. that in itself is a feat for me.

so, something funny has been going on ever since i started this study. it seems like every time i read something that's meaningful to me in the bible, or even something that makes me think, i come across those very words or someone talks about that very thing within the next day or two. i have told a few people about it, but it just keeps getting stranger. it's like groundhogs day with God or something.

examples:

i had just finished reading a whole section about why God doesn't always answer prayers, why He allows suffering and found some pretty good answers in the scriptures. I went to the store, bought a gallon of milk...and the woman in front of me said, "i just don't understand why God is so cruel, why does he allow suffering and why doesn't he perform more miracles?" i had all the words right there and we had a great conversation. she left saying "hmmm...i never thought of it like that before."

i was reading about Jacob to the boys from their children's bible. the next day the entire story was told back to me from another child at hockey practice.

i was telling bobbi how i would love to make a movie out of just about every story in the old testament. the next day, i open my bible study and beth moore says "i can't wait to get to heaven and watch the old testament in technicolor, complete with buttered popcorn."

i will look up various words from the bible that i might not understand, and the next day, those same weird barely-ever-heard words will pop up in the newspaper or in a book or someone will say them, sometimes i hear the word multiple times.

we were talking about the importance of imagination, and the next day, my bible study talked about how God loves to use our imaginations.

maybe it sounds like coincidence, but i'm pretty sure He's telling me that He's happy i'm finally trying to learn more about Him. it's pretty cool.

i have been thinking a lot about the faith of people like abraham and noah and jacob...and i just bet that sometime today or tomorrow, it will come back to me from somewhere. i'll let you know if it does.