![]() Dear Friend, How are you? Hope you had or are having a good day today? In the book of Esther, there is a story that overturns the plot of genocide against the Jews. The Persian King’s insomnia. As the King was not able to sleep one night, he read the chronicles and found out he had not rewarded a Jew who had saved his life. That changed the story. David Pawson said in his teaching that people could say it is a coincidence, but it’s His providence. And it reminded me of a few stories. One of the pastors in my Korea church shared the story of the couple he knew. When the man of the couple proposed to the woman, she wasn’t sure whether he was meant for her. So, when he proposed to her, she didn’t say yes or no immediately, but said to him that she needed time. Then, she prayed, “Lord, if he is meant for me, please let me know by the color of his clothes in our next meeting. If he wore a green shirt, I would know he is the one You gave me.” Then, in the evening when they were supposed to meet, she went to the meeting place. She waited and waited for him, but he didn’t come. She said to herself, “Maybe he is not the man the Lord gave to me.” Right at the moment she was about to leave the place, lo, behold, she saw the man running up the stairs from all the way down below in a “green” shirt. He rendered apology to her for being late. And he said his work was finished so late that he chose not to change his green uniform to see her as soon as possible. The Hands of God arranged all these things and they got married! I recall an interesting story of Kari Jobe, a worship singer and her husband, Cody Carnes, a worship pastor in an interview. They were friends for five years in the worship team in Gateway church before marriage. She said that she wanted her future husband to have green eyes, but Cody Carnes had brown eyes. One day, he moved to Arizona, taking a position of worship pastor in the worship academy of Gateway church there. Later, when he started to court her and they met in a restaurant, she noticed Cody’s eyes got green. She said to him, “You have green eyes!” And he said, “No, I don’t.” Then he went to the restroom and found his eyes got green. They googled it later and found out brown eyes could turn to green, if they were exposed to too much of the sun. The weather in Arizona turned his brown eyes into green. And Kari said God had moved Cody to Arizona, for them to get married. I got to realize these two stories are related to the color green, coincidently or by His providence? Friend, No matter how funny or silly our desires or prayers sound, I think our Heavenly Father loves to answer His children. I picture He smiles, moving His Hands here and there, to answer us and confirm us on His will. And even when we don’t ask Him directly, I think He still intervenes for us. I feel many times that He has a sense of humor. If He is willing, He can even turn brown eyes into green eyes. Friend, sometimes you might wonder why something in your family, in your relationship or in your career happened to you. I believe nothing in our life is accidental. And if you have insomnia for no reason in the future, just like the King in the book of Esther, you might want to ask the Lord what He is trying to say. Or would you ask the Lord tonight to answer your prayer by His providence? Sounds good? Have a bliss! Yunee When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, Comments are closed.
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