I have been absent for a few days from the meetings. My head has been moving back and forth in disbelief as the events of the last three days have played out. My Lily was getting worried about me, so she’s been continuously knocking at the door of my heart, and each time that I have answered, my soul has been filled with the fragrance of His Love and Comfort.
Who knew that on Saturday I would spend over three hours with our resident medic, who is in the midst of the most difficult and extreme experience a person can go through. His heart is full of anguish and despair. He is unable to heal himself. He ministers to others in their aches and pains and prescribes the medicine they need to get better, but he can’t find the right medicine for himself. He was sure that death was eminent . . .and that there was no cure.
Who knew that in the midst of our time of Love, he would find himself blessed by the Great Physician of his soul and relief would come in the form of Divine Peace and Hope. . .and that a Faith that only God’s sheep possess, would appear in an instant and make my friend’s heart rise from the dead.
Who knew that when our time was over, we would hold each other like blood-brothers and know that we have been in the Presence of Him Who loves with an everlasting Love. . .Who predestined the medic’s life in every way, shape and form, including the Good Moment that arrived in time, written in the Book Of Life before the universe was created.
Who knew that he would make the 170 mile ride back home, filled with Joy in his heart, filled with forgiveness in his soul, knowing that he is a prince of the King. . .adopted by the Lord of Lords and given a new name and a white stone that has the name Jesus engraved on it.
“The thing that had been written before time, it is that very thing that shall arrive in time.”
Who knew that I would leave the office and stop and get gas for the car that my medic friend gave to me, when I totaled my car in an accident some weeks ago and wasn’t able to purchase another. So He and his wife fixed up a car that they had and made it mine.
Who knew that a police officer was sitting in the drive way of the gas station, facing the opposite way of my car and while I was gassing up, he would be moved by some mysterious power, to check the legitimacy of my license plates. As some of you might remember, there was a picture of a group of colts of a wild ass that we shared with you a week or two ago. I was the biggest one in the picture.
Who knew that I had procrastinated and waited to transfer the plates and the title legally until I was in a better position to do so. . .or I told myself. And so, when I pulled out of the gas station on to the busiest street in town, the police officer would pull me over, ask for my license, registration and proof of insurance. The license and proof of insurance I had. . .but not the registration. When another police officer pulled up, I feared the worst.
Who knew that they would ask me to get out of the car, walk to the back of the car, put my hands behind my back and cuff me. As I stood there handcuffed, I watched the people slowly driving by and look at me, the colt of a wild ass, the glowworm who wasn’t feeling the Shine. . .the Dumbo who was only feeling shame and humiliation because of the size of his ears. The eagle had crash landed.
Who knew that the car would be impounded and I would be transported to the police station, fingerprinted and photographed for the mug shot column. In a million years, who could have known?
“I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it nor can anything be subtracted from it. As it was authored before time, it arrives exactly the same in time. God does this to demonstrate His Sovereignty over all things in the universe.
That which had been in His own mind before time, arrives in time as a current event, in every way. The fact of the moment has always been in God’s Book of Life, written in His mind and heart.” Every new moment, every now in time, everything that arrives next, is the inevitability of His will and purpose for the universe.” Ecclesiastes 3:14-15
WHO knew that I would be be jarred in my body and soul from the whole experience. We caught every red light on the way to the police station and the people in the cars next to us would look over at me, crunched into the back seat of the squad car. It’s a pretty pathetic sight, and….it’s okay to smile about it. Those little newbie jackasses at the meeting today are grinning from ear to ear.
WHO knew that I am incorrigible to the very core of my being. . .all of the sheep are. I just looked up the word in Webster’s dictionary. It says, “bad beyond the possibility of correction or rehabilitation; utterly bad and depraved; delinquent; incurable.”
WHO knew that I would be chronically blind and lame, and deaf and dumb. . .and that He would need to bathe my 
leprous sores and black scabs every moment of my existence on this planet. I am teary-eyed as I write this. He has been Faithful to His promise to never leave me or forsake me. He has bathed me in His Son’s Perfect Love which makes my fleece as white as snow. For as long as God has existed, He has always Seen me and Loved me with the same Love that He has for His Son and His Spirit. . .only and always Loveable.
My sweet Lily made me a get-well card and naturally gave me some Lilies and Roses freshly picked from His Garden. I asked her to read the Words on the card for me. “Go ahead Love.”
“The God of all Grace, WHO called you by name to become His Child. . .after you have suffered a little while, He Himself will make you perfect, establish you, strengthen you and totally settle your heart. He will give you Perfect Peace. . .He will make Himself your Present Reality.” 1Peter 5:10
WHO knew what kind of trouble His silly sheep would get into. He makes all things serve them. He prepares them for His Mercy and Grace. . .and His unconditional Love. He makes sure that all things work for their good. He makes doubly sure that when they are weak, He is Strong in them. Behold what manner of Love the Father has given to the sheep of His fold.
WHO knew. He always knew. . .that His Love Never Fails
A Good Moment 