The journey of yesterday was a real testament of The Holy Spirit’s leadership.  This wasn’t just true from the standpoint of the meetings with people, but it was also true about how things got adjusted and fit so nicely with the next one and so on.  As my day was to begin I thought I was to have a couple hours in the morning to do some prep for today’s Celebrate Recovery lesson as well as for a concert our quartet is doing tomorrow night.  However, shortly after I’d done the blog yesterday my cell rang and a man I sponsor wanted to meet.  He is in the present step study for CR and needed to talk through some points of struggle.  That appointment took the couple hours ahead of the young man’s meeting.

As I walked into the meeting with the young man I was amazed to see the boy I knew from his elementary years now as a young man who makes two of me.  Yet, the spirit of this man is no different than his spirit was when he was young.  He is one of those people who desires to work with people as a helpmate.  This was true when he was 6 and still is now that he is 24.  What I found from our talk was that life in his growing up years had truly given him some ugly abuses very similar to my own leaving him anxious about who he can trust as he moves into the rest of his adult years.  I marveled that here he was at 24 telling his story to me when I was 39 before I even attempted to tell someone and that was a counselor.  I couldn’t fathom me having the talk we had when I was that age. I praise God for this young man’s obedience to The Holy Spirit’s leading in his life.  He even thought he might come to our Celebrate Recovery tonight.  Please join me in praying for him as he continues to face these giants in his life.  The struggle I mentioned in yesterday’s blog is beginning to be a light switch for him.  Last April I blogged about the TV brief interview that took place for a program.  It was only about 5 minutes but it did introduce my story and my book.  This is what this young man had seen and what led him to speak to me.  That was over 2 months ago and it took this long for him to act on it.  God’s timing is always perfect with His Holy Spirit’s prepping us to be ready.  He is Amazing.

My grandson’s surgery went well and the doc said he should feel like a new person with much more energy once he heals.  His tonsils were both filled with infection and badly swollen.  The funeral for my grand nephew turned out to be a wonderful tribute to him and his family.  It was as though the entire community turned out in support.  The church was filled to overflowing with people having to stand outside even.  God is always so good.

A few weeks ago I was writing in this blog about God’s direct instruction for trusting His Holy Spirit and how to get started doing this.  I feel as though I’ve taken a couple steps into this.  I’ve always been a man who needed a schedule with specific times and accountability to them.  It was amazing to have yesterday’s schedule with its additions and adjustments and watch them fit perfectly with one another.  I did nothing but move through the day and watch it jive.  This morning as I had my devotions I told God I not only appreciated the chance to experience yesterday, but I also learned so much about trusting Him and His Holy Spirit’s control of these details I’ve always keep in tight reign.  To God be the Glory!