coincidental

I believe in the sovereignty of God. That makes the coincidental seem less of a coincidence! Last Tuesday Guillermo and I engaged in an evangelistic conversation with a freshman at Wash U. Turns out that her hometown is Chandler, AZ and that we graduated from the same high school.

Coincidence? I think not.

Last Wednesday I sent her a quick email to thank her for sharing her thoughts with us. She had mentioned that she'd be traveling to Uganda this summer to do economic development work with an NGOShe mentioned that she would be spending two months in Uganda this summer doing economic development work with an NGO. In my email I included a Bible verse about God's heart for justice and told her that I will continue to pray for her trip. I also offered to meet up with her if she wanted to look at Scripture that specifically outlines God's desire for us to spend ourselves on behalf of the poor.

She responded within five minutes and asked if we could meet for lunch. We're getting together tomorrow and I encouraged her to invite her friends. I haven't decided what passage we'll look at, but I'm leaning towards the story of Jesus healing the leper in Mark 1.

Yes, I believe in the sovereignty of God.

teaser

I just returned to St. Louis from sunny Santa Barbara where I was visiting Paul. We have some news to share, but you'll have to wait for the release of my April e-letter to get the details...