God-Bumps & God-Incidences

Tuesday 29th November 2011

God-Bumps & God-Incidences

Some people call these moments “coincidences”:

When the friend calls you with impeccable timing.
When the preacher in the pulpit talks straight to your heart.
When they’re playing your song.
When your prayer is answered.
Or the lost is found.
Or the miracle happens.

But what if our coincidences were actually God-incidences? What if we discovered anew that life is sprinkled with holy happenings? What if we found that the extraordinary miracles of this life were cradled in the ordinary moments? What if we stretched our eyes and our hearts to find that yes, an unseen God is at work in the seen and unseen things?

In the sun that rises.
In the familiar hymn, stirring something new within you.
In the breath you just took.

This is the spirit behind our new weekly writing community here at Getting Down With Jesus. Welcome to God-Bumps & God-Incidences.

Every Wednesday, I invite you to write in community about the God-Things that make you go, “Hmmm…”

We’ll gather here each Wednesday, exploring the ~~coincidences~~ God-incidences of this life. We’ll also share about those life-moments that produce ~~goosebumps~~ God-Bumps. You know the feeling? It’s when the Holy Spirit swoops in and — with a song or a Bible verse or a kind word from a stranger – we sense His presence. You might say to your friend: “Oooo … that gave me goosebumps.” Around here, we like to call them God-Bumps.

I’m thrilled to invite you to explore with me those life moments that are thick with God’s presence. Let’s collectively open our soul-eyes to see the God-incidences unfolding, and the ”God-bumps” growing.

So, now it’s your turn. Come sit at the table. Share your story.

It can be a story of a God-incidence — how God ordered events in a way that only He could do. It can be a snippet of life — a word-portrait, a pretty scene that you captured through your camera lens, a Bible verse that jumped fresh off the page, a story about a chance encounter that changed things.

Some weeks, I will offer specific writing prompts for you, provided in advance. But this week, write in any way that you think fits. No story is too unimportant. It’s all good. Because it’s all God.

My prayer is that we would awaken more fully to see God at work in every thing, even the little thing.

I pray that our minds would see what our souls already know: That for every seen thing of beauty, it first passed through the hands of an unseen Creator. I pray that even in a world polluted by pain, we can encounter the Prince of Peace.

We’d love to hear your story – any way you want to tell it. Then come back here, grab a button by clicking the button page here, attach it to your post, and enter the direct URL to your post in the linky below.

If you aren’t a blogger, feel free to share your God-story in the comment box or in a Facebook status.

{I can’t wait to hear your stories. Oh my! I have God-Bumps already!}