Surprise...a familiar face.

Sunday morning Kenyon and I walked in to the church we have been visiting. It seemed like a typical Sunday morning. Then what do I see on stage? It was Pastor Reggie. He was our pastor when we were living in Boone, NC.

He had his mom with him. She had served us Thanksgiving dinner our first year in North Carolina. She came over after service and gave us the friendliest greeting. It was good to see a familiar face in our neck of the woods.

I was once again reminded that it is a small world after all.

Pastor Reggie was on fire and his message fit perfectly in to the sermons that had been delivered recently by the Senior Pastor of the church we are attending. I thought I might share a bit of that here...

There are two timelines:

Chronos: that is chronological time, you are born on a certain date, then month-by-month and year-by-year things happen to us. We are all very familiar with this timeline, but it is not the ONLY timeline in life.

Kairos: divine appointments orchestrated by God for a divine purpose.

Pastor Reggie said, "The purpose God created for you, kairos, is greater than the chronos timeline of your life." 

How do we get there? 

One word...SURRENDER.

We surrender by enduring the interruption of our plans, dealing with root issues, and waiting on the Lord.

These are all things I am struggling with presently. It was a timely message for our church. It was a timely message for me. My kairos timeline isn't finished, there are things happening that I cannot see. I will hold to that truth in this time of uncertainty.

just Sheri, the grateful recipient of a surprise visitor