This
past Friday was my birthday, but due to scheduling problems, the
family didn’t have a party until Saturday. It wasn’t anything
formal, no party favors or fancy appetizers, just family getting
together. Just good food, catching up and some laughs.
Now,
my youngest daughter and her husband, both have a sense of humor and
I usually can expect a rather unusual card – this year was no
exception. I opened the envelope and saw just a group of people just
standing there and when I unfolded the card, all of them mooned me.
Ha Ha, but the joke had only begun, for when I opened my present;
there it was – Surprise,
the biggest roll of toilet paper (with a large metal stand) that I
had ever seen. They had special ordered this two foot roll from
Charmin. All this because sometimes I forget to put a new roll of
paper on the holder when I leave the bathroom. Now you know -
Surprise
- I am not perfect.
Anyway,
I was perusing my stock of pictures and thought- Surprise,
so I guess you will probably see the connection. And I thought: What
is the biggest surprise in the Scriptures? Here is my answer to that
question…
Acts
9 ( World English
Bible )
Act 9:1, But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against
the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Act 9:2, and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of
Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or
women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Act 9:3, As he traveled, it happened that he got close to
Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
Act 9:4, He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him,
“Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
Act 9:5, He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I
am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.*
Act 9:6, But* rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told
what you must do.”
Act 9:7, The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the
sound, but seeing no one.
Act 9:8, Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened,
he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into
Damascus.
Paul
had persecuted the church and Jesus did something about it; he turned
his greatest enemy into possibly one of the greatest advocates for
Christianity that there ever was: Surprise!
Small
thought here:
Imagine
what God could do with you, if you really committed yourself to him
without reservation!
The
answer might Surprise even you!