Serendipity Again

The weather has played havoc with our little church this year. It was so cold on Sunday (the 20th) that our elders decided to cancel church…and the potluck that was scheduled. We have many elderly people in the congregation, and it didn’t seem right to get them out in the extreme cold. And we know that if there was church, they would be there.

So this meant that Jim and I went to our neighborhood church which is just 3 blocks from our home. Our daughter and her family have been attending this church for some time now, and she even sings in the choir. They have been intending to transfer their membership to this church, but just haven’t found a time when the whole family was in church at the time of invitation. So during the invitation hymn, Robin looked at Chris and said, “Shall we do it today?” He said, “Yes,” and up they went. Naturally I got all choked up, and I couldn’t find a Kleenex. I felt so honored to happen to be present on the day they made this commitment. It’s another example of serendipity.

Serendipity or the Holy Spirit?

Serendipity is a funny thing. Today neither of us elders nor Jim, our minister, got together on what we would say at the Communion Table. Jim did his meditation on feeling unworthy to be at the Lord's table, but because it is required of him, he does it. In other words, we all have jobs to do, and we just have to get busy and DO them.

I had written my Blessing Prayer last night, and it dealt with our unworthiness to sit at the table with the Lord, and yet we do it because he commanded it of us. That fit in so beautifully with Jim's meditation.

And then Larry, completely on his own, echoed our themes in his Thanksgiving Prayer! Now how can three people so completely mesh their thoughts when they haven't even talked about it? I don't think it's mere coincidence, because it happens all the time. If anything could convince me of the working of the Holy Spirit, this would do it.