Contemplations

It never ceases to amaze me how God likes to tweak the way I think. I was up in Maine this past weekend attending meetings that focused on church ministry and outreach. A side issue arose, typical to Adventistism, and all of a sudden we were focusing on music and the divide of beliefs associated with it, instead of reaching the world for God. It is funny how often things like this happen. Satan will use any means he can to keep us from accomplishing the most important calling we have on this earth: the great commission. Sadly, all to often we fall hook-line-and sinker. I found myself in this situation, for the first time not on one side or the other, but as a bystander, watching the events unfold, praying for God to be glorified somehow through it all. I am learning that the beliefs I held as a hurt child about such matters were more based on circumstances than God's presence in my life. He is tweaking pieces of me, one by one, making me more suitable for the Kingdom. 

"Lord, I just pray that in the process you will not allow me to be a stumbling block to other."