View From the Pig Pen

It's strange to look back and see the hand of God in your life...even when you wanted nothing to do with Him.

While I was away from Serena, I met a man that was a picture of who I was to become if I stayed the path I was running on.  It was kind of a "Ghost of Christmas Future" sort of experience.  This man was a friend of a friend.  As I had dinner with him one night, he told me all about his past before his college days.  He told me about how he had a Christian band that opened for some big name artists.  He told me about his parents and grandparents and how if you mentioned their name in certain circles they would be very highly regarded.   Then he told me about what happened when he went away to college and was introduced to a different life.

As he relayed these stories to me, I couldn't help but think of myself and what I had done in years past and if this is how I would end up.  I thought, "I am never going to play music again.  I am never going to be worth anything after these things I had done."  The devil was using that meeting to cause me to slip deeper into my sin and shame.  But, God had other plans...

As I look back now, I see God's loving hand STILL guiding me.  He introduced me to this guy...allowed this man to be placed in my life.  God's quiet voice was warning me of a life to come if I didn't change.  Even though I was running hard away from the Father, He was running harder after me.  He refused to leave me or forsake me even though I forsook Him.  He didn't want to see me fail; He was working for my destiny to be revealed...our destiny to be revealed.

So, standers....here is the view from a redeemed prodigal.  God is able to place who He wants where He wants.  You may think that the people surrounding your prodigal spouse are no good for them.  Pray that God would place people around them that would be the warning call to them.

Prodigals reading this...God has not stopped pursuing you!  You may think that you are all alone but God is chasing you faster and harder than you can run from Him.  Nothing you have done or will do is beyond what His grace can cover.  No where you go is beyond His reach.  All you have to do is ask for Him and He will come to your rescue!  Call for Him...He's watching and waiting for you to even begin to turn back to Him.

Josh and Serena