Our Awesomely Creative God

As a good reformed Presbyterian, I believe in the importance of confession and the tremendous freedom we receive through God's gift of forgiveness.  And so it's with tremendous humbleness that I confess that I have a very small and limited way of looking at life.  I realize now that the deeper I go into the wilderness the smaller and more boxed in my thinking  gets.   Apparently I'm incapable of being creative in darkness.

Example:  I left Casper in December with my car packed as full as possible with clothes, Christmas gifts and my dog.  All my belongings were packed in storage in Casper with my expectation (take special note of "my") that they would be moved by the church that would be calling me to be their pastor in the near future.

After five months and all doors for church ministry closed, I had given up hope that I would ever get my belongings from Casper.  I had priced it out and it would cost about $3,000 which was just impossible.  Emotionally, I began the task of letting go of my stuff by asking my Casper friends to start selling some of my things that just weren't worth trying to get.  At least, I thought, I could try to narrow it down to just a small truck and then begin to think about no truck.

I accepted a job (another post, another time) and a couple of days later I got a phone call from some Tacoma friends.  My daughter Tracy lived with them while she was finishing up college and getting  on her feet.  They were calling from Brooklyn, NY where they were visiting their son.  They had just received a phone call from their neighbor in Tacoma who was buying a Nissan truck on line which just happened to be in Brooklyn, NY.  Would Jill and Craig be interested in driving it from Brooklyn (since you are there) to Tacoma instead of flying?  "Sure," Jill said.  "We have a friend who has all her belongings in Casper, Wyoming.  We'll stop there and pick them up for her!"  "So," Jill is wondering to me, "would I be able to rent a U-Haul trailer and get some friends in Casper to help them load up?  This is going to happen!"

Now, I ask you.  Who but God could be this creative?  Who lives in Tacoma and buys a pick-up in Brooklyn?  Really?!  Who is willing to take an extra week and drive across country?!  A week later, my belongings - enough to set up a home here and be comfortable, are in storage in Tacoma, Washington.  I am in awe of God's creativity, His faithfulness, and the people He used to make this happen.  Never would I have thought of this or imagined.  Thanks Be to God!

Psalm 145:6-7    They will tell of the power of your awesome works, and I will proclaim your great deeds. They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.