To begin, we
must be open to recognizing “a God moment”, kairos, or
we will never realize it happened. Some are
noted immediately and others later upon reflecting back on a situation, where
one sensed that God’s ever presence and intervention revealed his influence in
our daily lives that defies mere coincidence.
·
My immediate family transferred from North
Carolina to Chicago on an opportunity and resided there for over fifteen years. About two
years ago they received another opportunity to transfer back within about an
hour’s drive away. I recently
received a treatable cancer diagnosis and now treasure their close assistance.
·
I recently began cancer chemo treatments after
having a port implanted in my chest to facilitate the infusions. On the post
infusion day of a scheduled shot to facilitate the chemo, the port started to
bleed due to an unexpected infection. Fortunately,
my oncology team was immediately available to evaluate and
prescribed antibiotics to mediate the problem.
· While consulting in Mexico, I was staying in McAllen, Texas and had parked my rental car in the corner of a crowded lot at Barnes and Noble at twilight. As I returned after nightfall and entered the car, something prompted me to glance back and see a hand hit my door handle. I instinctively hit the door lock and I’m convinced that stopped what could have been a life-threatening situation.
·
Going back further in time, I still vividly
remember my last duck hunt on a vast reservoir in central Kansas where a winter
clipper storm caught us by surprise in a floating blind on the north shore. We
immediately gathered our decoys and started zig zagging to the boat
ramp against a strong wind and freezing rain
until our motor hit bottom and broke the propeller shear pin! As we were
being forced out into the white waters, our motor operator suddenly noticed a
spare shear pin he had taped to the bottom of the motor months ago, which was
installed by frozen fingers just in time to save us from being overturned in
the deep icy waters.
