Happies from God

I'm often surprised by people's responses to some of my sermons. Frankly there are times when I wonder if anyone is listening. It's at those times when someone happens to "pop up" and tell me how something I said has changed their life. It came this last Sunday from a lady who said, "you turned on a light bulb for me" with a sermon from two or three weeks ago.

I suppose that what surprises me most is that God has chosen to use ME as a tool to reach some hearts. After all, I know what's in my own heart better than anyone. It's humbling to think that God can take the person I know and make something good for someone else out of him. That gives me more hope than a hundred sermons ever could.

I believe that God finds pleasure in giving us what my Ministry Assistant calls "happies". The little reminders that He's still working in our lives, the thank you's from people you didn't know were paying attention, the hugs when you need them the most. He finds pleasure in that because He knows it will ultimately cause us to say "thank you" to Him.

I pray that YOU will experience a happy from God today. I hope you will be able to see it for what it really is...God's reminder that YOU are important to Him and the people He's put around you!