His Love and My Life

I couldnt see His face the boss said but His face shone brighter than an angels face. Gone all the possessiveness stubbornness jealousy-all gone. Brokenness molded into Oneness captured by the evil spirit...set free by the Holy Spirit. It had been a great day. Evening came and the light abruptly turned to darkness as it always does in Oman. We were on our way home from deep in the interior of the dry dusty desert mountainous Wadi Hibi-where God had led us. The time we spent in that village was marked by the presence of our Lords power grace and presence. With no road signs no streetlights no traffic; it was easy to lose the way and we did! Stopped-time went by while our guides discussed just what to do. As our pastor (Ernest) and his wife (Lalitha) prayed led the singing of hymns and choruses an anxious voice was heard asking How can you sing at times like this? Came the response We have no fear no stress no worry because we know that we are in Gods loving hands. The same Christ who walked with His disciples on a darkened stormy sea will go with us in a dusty desert. The same Christ who came to Paul in a darkened Roman prison is watching over us. Somewhere around midnight we all saw it. Out of the night a lone vehicle coming toward us. We all felt it as a strange quietness came over us. The vehicle stopped the dust settled and a figure emerged. That turned out to be a local Omani who was able to lead us out of our confusion and uncertainty. How great our God is! He sent us an angel to lead us out of our darkness to a road headed toward the lights of home. -Rev. Charles Johnson ex-senior pastor in Oman Reformed Church of America