God Sent You To Me

God sent him/her to me, you are a Godsend, God knew that I needed you. Have you ever heard someone say that? Maybe you have said it before. Think about it for a minute. What did you mean when you said that. If you are like me, you probably meant that your life is easier because God sent this person into your life, right? At the Marriage retreat it occurred to me that if God sent Deb to me to make my life easier, He may have sent me to make her life harder. I know that this is a weird thought. Some of you are saying to yourself, “Me and mine are a perfect balance. We bless each other.” If you are that perfect couple, which I doubt, you can skip the rest of my thoughts.

Only Deb and I know how much she has had to sacrifice for my sake. Did God send me to her? Did He know things about her that she needed to experience through me, in order to glorify Him. My heart surgery could have been for her spiritual benefit. Most of you already know that I believe in living in community, mainly because we can learn things about ourselves that need to change, in order to glorify God. Think about the people around you that get on your last nerve. Is there a problem with them or you? Think about the people that you are usually rude, short tempered or intolerant with. God may have given them to you. Is it possible that we can be so self-seeking that we cannot conceive that those around us are there to draw us closer to God whether we like it or not? Whether we like them or not? If that is so, many of us are not glorifying God in our lives. Many of us are missing the point altogether.

James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the
testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance
must finish its work so that you may be mature and
complete, not lacking anything.

I love the book of James. God sent it to me. Sometimes, it gets on my last nerve.

Love – Pastor Don