Elijah

The reality of my impending departure is setting in.  My return to the states will bring many decisions regarding a house that hasn't sold and a job that hasn't been found.  Sunday night my friend, Melissa, encouraged me by sharing what her pastor has been teaching on Elijah.  She said that God did not tell Elijah the next step until his current circumstances were complete.  

Yesterday morning I looked up this passage of scripture and found it in 1 Kings 17.  Verses  7 and 8 say: 

"And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.  Then the word of the Lord came to him."

Reflecting on this renews my resolve that God provides for his people.  Last night I walked over to one of the boys' cottages for evening devotions.  Five little treasures were sitting on the floor in their pajamas listening to their mama teach from the Bible.  I was amazed at the story she had selected; it was none other than 1 Kings 17 and 18.  God clearly wanted to reinforce this passage in my heart.  Our village Bible Study has been on Isaiah.  She had chosen this passage on her own.  

Yesterday I also received word that my friend, Lynsey, has had her second child, Elijah Glenn.