God's sense of humor

So Monday night (June 28, 2010) I spent an extended period of time with my buddy Omari. I consider my friendship with O to be completely a God thing. O was the first person I met when I came to Truett and I definitely consider him the closest of all my Truett/Waco friends. We talked for a while about girls and God and life in general and I got to share with O about some of the things that have happened over the last few weeks since I've talked with him. We talked about how I was finally moving on from a relationship that ended 2 years ago, and about where both of us were at in life right now. Then we talked about how God has spoken to us in life and I told O that the only time that I've truly heard God speak so clearly is when I was breaking up with my ex-girlfriend. This led to a good conversation about the stirring of the Spirit and about hearing God more than we think. So this morning (June 29) I started out the day post-shower by jumping into the Word. Now for someone that is a preacher this may seem like not a big deal, but unfortunately this is not as common an occurrence as it should be. Anyways, I jumped right into Romans because that book is always on my heart for whatever reason. What I read in the first few chapters reaffirmed what I had felt God saying to me throughout this whole moving on process and so that was a great relief.

At that point I decided to hit the road and get in a drive for some worship time with God. I hit fourth street headed towards Cameron Park and I ended up stopping at the zoo, deciding to kill some exercise time and a longing for time with God and a time at the zoo all in one stop. So I hit the CP zoo and started walking around. Before I had even moved on from the first exhibit, the thunderclouds were starting to roll in and it was starting to sprinkle. Immediately, I prayed to God and was like, God I know we need the rain but can I at least see the rest of the zoo first. So I just kept walking and it kept raining but not much at all. I got to enjoy pretty much all of the zoo, seeing almost every animal and getting to enjoy the beauty of God's creation. I even got to see an Orangutan named Makuah scare a group of children. So then I finally arrived back at the front of the zoo and got around to the last habitat, Lemur island. I kid you not, as soon as I snapped a picture of the lemurs with my phone, a steady rain began to fall and as I walked to the front gate all I could do was laugh and tell God how much I loved him and ask him what else he had for me because I thought His joke was pretty funny. As I asked Him what else He had for me, the rain continued to increase in abundance.

You see there are many that will tell you that God is cruel and fickle. I don't see that God. I see a God is humors me. One who isn't afraid to tease me with a good joke, and one that isn't afraid to pour out His love on me, whether it be spritually, or literally in a rain storm like He did today. God I'm ready for more. Rain down on us all.

Pastor Coco