It has been said signs point to something…miracles/blessings/gifts are Gods
signs to us of his loving tender care…His redemption of a thing…they may not
come immediately but they come….
This is the story of God's great gift to one young man...the redemption of a thing obscured by sorrow.
You see a number of years ago, when this young man was in
high school out on a boat doing what high school boys do and wake
boarding…doing what he loved…what he had a passion for…. he got the call…. his
earthly father had died suddenly without warning… returned to his maker…no
longer on this earth… returned way to early by anyone’s standards and certainly
by this young man’s expectations…seemingly left without a father…. and yet…his
Father saw…. His heavenly Father saw…. knowing one day He would redeem this
passion, this pleasure for this young man.
He did not leave this young man fatherless nor did He leave him alone; instead calling to
him….always calling... staying with him over the years….
Well, eventually this young man heard and received
the call of God and he knew a he had a Father once again...for it is said: …as many
as received Him, to them He gave the right to become sons of God, to those
who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:12-13 NKJV)…. not without a
father at all…not left lonely nor alone….nor with sorrow but with the only Father that is able
to stay by his side and never leave him….the only Father able to give pure joy...
His earthly father had given him all that he could, his love...his passions...introducing him to boating,to wake boarding to his love of architecture but his earthly father could not stay....
And the years passed…the young man grew up…. not only following in his earthly fathers footsteps becoming an architect... but also following
after his heavenly Father rising to become the man God called him to be….
Eventually becoming a father himself…. grown up yet still
with a passion for the things he did when younger…. continuing to wakeboard…. but always
with a sorrow that lingered over this passion…
And then…a miracle... a blessing…a gift…God stepped in
and intervened…. the spiritual realm collided with the physical realm and two
young men met…. one praying earnestly that God would sell his boat to the one
whom He chose….and another listening and praying for the perfect boat, one that
could be used by God for ministry….to bless others….and God Most High moved….
The one young man was introduced to the other young man….
and a boat was sold and a boat was bought…
And a young man’s memory of wake boarding and boating with
sorrow added to it was redeemed….
His Father did not forget…his Father did not
leave him….and now…this young father is in the water doing what he is passionate
about…sharing it with his young daughter….passing on to his daughter his
passion and love…for boating...for wake boarding…for God...no sorrow lingering only pure joy….with one perfect Father who is able to, and will never leave nor forsakes us…
The blessings of the Lord brings wealth with no sorrow added to
it (Proverbs 10:22 NKJV)…I’d say this young man is wealthy beyond measure…
We serve a good God who knows how to give good gifts to His
children (Matt 7:11)….ministry happening?
I’d say so…in only a way God could orchestrate….WOW!
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