And Sometimes...It is Just God

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My son's "just God" moment from a few years ago.
He was so excited to see that his tossed stick made a cross.
Yep...it was "just God"

Don't you just love those little moments (no, not the Brad Paisley song!) but those moments that cause us to pause, smile, shake our head, and sigh as we walk on? Those little undeserved moments that happen without a chain of events carefully strung together by human hands; those little moments when attempts at an explanation always comes up short?  You know, those moments when sometimes...its just God?  Yesterday, Tuesday January 12, 2016, was packed full of "Just God" moments that I'd love to share with y'all!
They started coming in at 5:30 a.m. when my husband and I tend to share moments of our previous day, sometimes we unload with our daily 10:00 a.m. e-mail, but this particular Tuesday, at 5:30 a.m., he shared a channel surfing moment...and his timing was impeccable.  His moment resonated with me throughout my day. 

Personally, I believe it was just God setting him up for a moment that would benefit my coaching Neighbors, like using him as a channel. And yes, I truly believe that sometimes...it is just God. 

Selah.
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Then there was the phone call from my daughter, Jillian. As a young adult working in a field that she is passionate about, she loves her job. So she called me with one of those work related "just God" moments, you know, the kind of life moment that leaves a proud momma teary eyed with goosebumps? Nearing the end of our conversation, she asked me to look up the Bible verse from the car in front of her. Immediately she and I both knew it was yet another "just God" moment...and we laughed. As He is opening doors of opportunity for her that no man can shut, we see His just God moments...and for these moments, we are most thankful.

Selah.
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Friends, yesterday was full of moments that I know were special. Moments that God set me and my family up for; moments that ranged from my husband using a phrase in an e-mail (honestly, he used a direct quote from the television evangelist I had just watched), to his perpetual calendar's verse of the day matching his drive-in-to-work prayer. And then my daughter's work opportunity complete with a bumper-sticker verse confirmation. Some cynics will call this happenstance, luck, or perhaps just life...but for me and my house, we will call them just God moments. We will smile, shake our head, sigh...and say "Thank You" as we walk on.

I believe that every one of us have unrecognized just God moments. With the business of life, or perhaps the busyness of life, getting in the way making our moments hard to recognize. Are we so busy trying to make our own way that we forget who is in control? I have tried to make good things happen but made a mess instead. I bet God smiles when I finally throw my hands up and say "I am done" so He can take over. And then He sets up a lot of little moments as He turns my mess into something beautiful.

Mark 10:27 reads:  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”  Yes, it is those just God moments that make life worth while...Selah.

Wishing you a Wednesday that is full of His grace, mercy, and "just God" moments.

In Christ with love and compassion,

Coach Kelly

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