oh hi, I thought that subject title would get your attention!
Here's the story that goes along with it.
My husband is not normally interested in spiritual things. He believes there is a God, and even that He has a son named Jesus, and He acknowledges that God is working in our lives, but that's literally it. The only reason he ever went to church was because of me. And I think he was secretly overjoyed when I stopped going. He never reads the bible and rarely sparks a conversation about anything to do with God. He does see however, how much I study the scriptures and he respects how important God is to me. I've occasionally mentioned (over the last couple of years) that I've been learning some new and exciting things in the scriptures. But it's been a few months now since we've spoken anymore on it.
Then last night, he starts asking me questions. I've typed out my own notes of things that I've learned and the things that are important to me in my journey right now which he knows about. I've been doing that since last summer. Well last night he asked if he could read them! He wants to read them in the morning when he has his quiet time (he's an early riser). I'm just praising God! It's so cool to finally see him interested! And it's just another example of it not having anything whatsoever to do with me, because I don't bring things up unless he asks. I've been waiting patiently for God to lead him, if it be in His will. I know this is of God, because it came out of nowhere!!
But that's not where the story ends.
Later two of my husbands friends show up. Good guys, I like them. We were visiting for a while and then all of a sudden, literally out of the blue, one of them blurts out "I think the bible is crap!" The rest of us looked at each other in astonishment, thinking, "where did that come from?" Methinks the enemy was at hand. My husband jokingly says, "Oh boy, you're in trouble...you don't know what you just got yourself into!"
So it comes out that I believe in the bible. I was then able to ask some questions of our friend to see where he was coming from. It seems he was in a Christian rehab center, and he didn't appreciate the way they "shoved the bible down his throat". They apparently "forced" them to read the bible everyday. He then admits he enjoyed the "stories" of the Old testament, but the New testament was a load of hogwash...and mainly the whole thing was about a lot of do's and don't. So I started understanding why he felt the way he did. I was able to offer him my perspective but I didn't go into detail about anything. I sense there will come another time. Baby steps.
The subject was dropped and the visit went on for a while longer, and then as they were leaving he blurts out again out of nowhere, "My favorite verse is Phillipians 4:13". And they left.
I'm thinking, okay this guys thinks the bible is crap but he has a favorite verse
And it's in the New Testament, the very part of the bible he thought was hogwash
The spirit of God is moving on this man!! And my husband was witness to it!
Our God is so awesome. I love the way He plays things out, always in a manner we least expect it.
That was a supernatural event if I ever saw one!
Peace,
Diana