to be part of the unexplainable.

This past week, I had a conversation with a friend and it stuck with me a bit longer than some conversations do. He was talking about our upcoming Jr High retreat (he was the retreat speaker) and he said, "I want to be part of the unexplainable".  He was referring to the tendency we all have to fall back on the routine, or the obvious, or the explainable  patterns of life.  He wants to break that cycle- and be part of something that no one can claim other than the POWER of Christ! Part of the problem is in our nature of being busy- filling each moment of every day, wrapped up in the minute details or overwhelming hugeness of something other than allowing ourselves the time, silence, patience to see what He is doing and where He is at work in our lives and in the world around us.  

Tonight I heard a song titled Solution, by Hillsong.  It's not a new song.  But it is a new song to me.  The words to this bridge made me want to yell AMEN... loud.   This is the power of Christ!  This is impossible! THIS IS THE UNEXPLAINABLE!  

Only You can mend the broken heart
And cause the blind to see
Erase complete the sinners past
And set the captives free
Only You can take the widows cry
And cause her heart to sing
Be a Father to the fatherless
Our Savior and our King

In the worlds eyes, the words above make no sense.  At all.  The point of being blind, means you can't see! But HE causes the blind to see... unexplainable.  He is a Father to the fatherless.  What?!  He can take something to tragic as a widow's cry and cause her heart to sing??? This is CRAZY! This. Is. Crazy. I want to be part of the unexplainable.  I want my life to reflect the unexplainable.  When the world experiences the unexplainable, eyes are opened and hearts are softened.  

Take some time.  Be patient.  Allow God to show you His wonders all around you- the things that just cannot be explained in any other way than by pointing upward.