How God used a nosy little rascal......Providence at an Airbnb......

 Lotta ketchup! 
 
We took an "a" family to a farmer's mkt. in late Oct. Dad rode in the front of my vehicle. Mom w/kids in back. Their nosy little 3.5 yr old rascal was climbing all over & began "exploring" my assorted mess in the back. He found my stash of "d" & "p" language BIBLES & gave 1 to his mom. (I guess every lil’ munchkin wants his mama to read him!) Perfect chaos! Like a fish w/a coin in its mouth! (Matt. 17:27.) Lord Jesus, send more nosy rascals! She read it aloud.....& continued, so I gifted it to her. Then we began teaching them English the next week!.......*People from the "other Abrahamic faith" believe that babies are sinless, only acquiring sin over time. So, their children (mainly boys) often go unchecked & can be little tyrants. 
 
Your's truly was in S.E. Asia for a few weeks. Vacation & some ministry. Lot's of prep & then going. Then I went to a DMM conference. That's why I've been silent. On Christmas day, Branta-Claus took da pulpit at a refugee Church in one of those countries.... (Did ya ever see THAT coming ?). W/lots of prep & grammar coaching from the pastor, I preached in the language, relying heavily on notes, but my confidence was boosted when he encouraged me to ad lib. It apparently worked out ok.  My connection to all this was an "a" Christian in this city who attended that very Church while a refugee. (We're discipling him.) I’m running & not getting winded. Isaiah 40:31. And the Wind is at my back. By God's Grace, I’m full of Wind. But by the same Grace, I hope I'm never full of hot air!  
 
On Saturday, 11/22, I flew out. “Randomly", my Airbnb host was a past Superintendent of one of the districts of the Evangelical Free Church! (Most of my formative yrs. as a believer were at an E-Free Church. They emphasize doctrinal freedom & autonomy within the confines of Verbal Plenary interpretation.) 5 mins. upon arriving, a fellow guest of South Indian heritage walked in, striking up a conversation w/us. I asked the meaning of his name. He said it was a Hindu concept meaning ‘’Courage”. He grew up in that religion but said he was "investigating Christianity"!
 
Courage was disheveled & eccentric yet warm & gregarious. He paced the floor, rambling. Adding intrigue, the host had nearly expelled him for smoking dope in the basement....Also divine: I was originally to meet an i friend for Church 45 mins. away but he had to go away suddenly on a business trip. So, instead, "Courage" & I continued our dialogue the next morning over breakfast. We looked at Colossians 1:15-17, which destroys pantheism. I told him, “This table isn't part of God. But an Omnipresent God juggles its atoms by His Will & is intimately present, yet not confined by space!" His eyes got moist when we looked at Jesus' Baptism in Matt. 3, where the entire Trinity is present. It was the 1st time he'd seen a personal God. Then we went to a solid Church nearby. 
 
We talked a couple times on whatsapp while I was gone.....but I thought he'd blocked me when my calls started immediately disconnecting. Fortunately, he called the other day w/a new #......He said he'd gone to a United Methodist church (very liberal) last Sunday but rather than get into a debate over gay marriage, (which he avidly supports), I just encouraged him to not attend any Church....but, for now, to just have DMM studies w/me & an Indian DMM worker in his town who works full time w/South Asians. (Perfect timing as I'd just met the guy at that DMM conference!!!!) He got Courage connected w/a DMM group right in the heart of that city's Indian community! 
 
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 While the entire world is completely immersed in politics, divine appointments like these ^ are the things that get me up every morning. I ignore the news now because I've caught both sides in so many lies! The Bible never lies!
 
America isn't crumbling because of politicians, but because most of the Church stopped worshiping. Lately, I've been meditating on Psalm 33:16. Let's be honest. Short of an awakening, does it really matter who's in office?  We’ve replaced pursuing God w/the conquest of partisan majorities. Replaced Gospel engagement w/debates on temporal issues. Replaced James 1:27 w/hirelings. Via politics, Democrats hope to achieve justice. Republicans hope to reclaim morality. But it all dies w/o revival. Trying to solve spiritual problems w/politics is like someone drinking sea water to quench a thirst that can never be satisfied. $16.7 billion was apparently spent on the 2022 election. Imagine if that money were spent on Kingdom stuff! 

 
For more nosy little rascals, all seekers of truth, DMM and the nations!......  

........Just another witness to His Glory