Alyssa's ramblings...

The narrow road.

Guess what? We’re having a vocal seminar at church next Saturday. Awesome, right? This is even better – I’ve been chosen as one of five people to PERFORM SOLO, in front of everyone, and be critiqued by the instructor! Keren asked me to sing ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’, because she has the backing track for it. It will rock my world, I can tell you. I’m fully excited! Well, excited about the performing part, not being critiqued. But whatever he says, at least I’ll know what to work on, so I can improve. Yay!

Did you ever know that you’re my hero…

The book that I’m reading, “The Narrow Road”, is another thing that’s rocking my world. It’s fabulous. Here’s a part that really touched me:

Uncle Hoppy’s own store-front mission was something of a puzzle to me. Its doors were always open, and occasionally a stray derelict would wander in, but only for a snooze or a bit of warmth; when it came time for services, Uncle Hoppy usually found the chairs empty. This didn’t stop him. I remember one day hearing him preach an entire sermon to the empty chairs.
“You missed out appointment this time,” Uncle Hoppy said to the people who somehow had not found their way in. “But I’ll meet you out on the street, and when I do, I’ll know you. Now listen to what God has to say to you...”
When the sermon ended, I objected: “You’re too mystic for me,” I said. “When I get to preach someday, I want to see real people out there.”
Uncle Hoppy only laughed. “Just you wait,” he said. “Before we get home we will meet the man who was supposed to be in that chair. And when we do, his heart will be prepared. Time and place are our own limitations, Andy; we mustn’t impose them on God.”
And sure enough, as we were walking home we were approached by a streetwalker, and Uncle Hoppy plunged into the conclusion of his sermon just as though she’d sat spellbound through the first forty minutes. That night I slept in front of the fire again, and by morning this indefatigable contractor and his wife had a new convert to Christianity.

That is amazing. I just can’t get enough of this book. I read three chapters last night after my husband went to bed. Then I went to bed, but could not get to sleep. I felt urgency in my heart to read a chapter of my Bible. So I read Philippians 4, then went back to bed, and fell asleep straight away.

God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good. :o)

posted by Alyssa @ 10:58 AM