I wrote a blog about the patience of God and so my eye has been watching for God at work. I caught two stories. The first one comes from our prayer time before the morning service. We meet to pray for the service and any personal matters. As we began to bow our heads, one guy interrupted and spoke up. He got a call from his son who lives with his previous wife and his wife has a boyfriend. His boy said that he could not understand why this boyfriend was calling him a "faggot" along with other derogatory names. His son hated living there. Even worse, his previous wife defended the boyfriend downplaying the situation. Imagine that. As a dad, you are hundreds of miles away and totally helpless to a man who is ridiculing and verbally abusing your own child. Talk about helpless.
So we prayed and here is what we said: "Lord, the best case scenario is for this boyfriend to repent and embrace you as Savior. But if he does not, remove him from that household for the protection of those kids." God gave him a day. His previous wife saw the descruction and finally had the courage to kick him out of the house. God is patient but he has limits. For the safety of these kids, I am grateful.
The other story will be coming as I am firming up some details.
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