"Are you a Christian?". asked (me!) sandra, tvgp
-check out who i asked this question without knowing in advance who he was...
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what happen was i noticed a small crowd gathering outside the store, so i went to investigate why..
and WOW.. my phone camera doesn't do it justice, but there was a huge, gorgeous, very vibrant rainbow.. and, actually a double rainbow, with the second one less vibrant but still visible also..
everyone was clicking to capture a picture. and a wife and husband i recognized by face as ricks picks customers were passing by and stopped.. we took a second to agree about how beautiful it was and then -because i know it carries a different and more significant meaning for Christians than say, seculars or agnostics or aetheists, etc. I asked the husband, because he was standing closest to me, "are you a Christian?"
and when he said yes, i said "God keeps his promises!"
and then he said, "...what promises are those?"
and ill-prepared for a follow-up question; it was just a comment, i said, "....all things are possible with God...
...and, i'll tell you the promise i hold on to the most!...
-all things work together for the good for those who love God and are called to his purposes..."
and i added, "a reminder of God's covenant with his children.."
and he said, "..that he made after what?"
and then i was like... ?... "i don't know.. you got me on that one.."
and he tried to politely guide and help me to remember and answer correctly but i had nothin'
so he kindly and generously offered, "..after the flood."
"Ooohhh yeah, -after the flood.. that's write... thank you.."
and we spent a little bit longer exchanging conversation, his wife, himself and i
and a little longer admiring the rainbows...
and before he left he handed me his business card:
Grace
Biblical Counseling
Ed Beuerman
Pastor/Counselor
... so, um, yes.. I guess you can safely say he is a Christian.
and safely say.. i am not as bible literate as i will be...
"one day!"
ive looked the passage up on more than one occasion -the rainbow as a symbol of Gods covenant
but i dont have it retained/locked in my memory. what is locked in: God keeps his promises
and one of those promises is: God CAN & WILL work ALL things
-which includes TRAUMA, SUFFERING, DEATH and EVIL
and he CAN and WILL use it for GOOD for those who love him and are called unto his purpose... /and I don't have memorized which passage that is either; I just know its in there...
"Thank you Jesus!". -amen.
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the music i hear in my mind when I see a rainbow is not a church hymn.. it is Stevie wonder's "...ribbon in the sky for our love...
posted by SHE @ 7:27 AM
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