What an amazing day on Friday. Being the 2nd of November is not startling - although the downward slide to Christmas is alarming if you are an "are we ready yet?" kind of obsessive. The trip to Warkworth was not very stunning either. We went on the motorway which includes a toll road. (Brb - I have to quickly pay on line...)
I'm BACK! Last time I forgot and received a letter which cost me more! Haha!
Yes the toll road is very straight and there is a tunnel. I much prefer the old scenic route. One time there was a policeman on the side of the road dealing with a wayward cow. It is SO RURAL and much like the old Natal days of my childhood.
No it wasn't the trip. It was the New Wine. No winery stops though - just a leaders' day "run" by New Wine. Which is an organisation or association of New Zealand churches that gets people together to focus on the important things.
What a good day. I am not very quick to rush to the front when prayer is offered. But after lunch there was this opportunity to go forward. I'm not over zealous about prophetic kind of ministry really. I've read too much Adrian Plass.
But this rather lovely man who has sped around New Zealand for some weeks encouraging leaders and Christian people (with the most delightfully funny and down to earth stories and wisdom) prayed for me. There are these moments when you know - that you know. The God-moments that are not the product of any kind of winding-up or ecstatic enthusiasm - but a simple and clear word which makes you stop in your tracks.
How silly of me to forget that this God whom we serve knows exactly what you need before you ask for it. (You probably recall Jesus going on about that somewhere in the gospels...).
How nice to have the ship steadied, so to speak.
New Wine. Look them up. They have summer conferences ("FESTIVALS") around New Zealand. I suspect you too could benefit greatly. Have a look for yourself: New Wine
In a rather disarming fashion you will see this picture of an enthusiastic young person (I think) with goggles and wings of some sort - with the caption ARE WE THERE YET?
Not yet - not me at any rate. I am - like the rest who are listening to God at all - a major work in progress.
New Wine.
Yes.
