We can make our plans,
but the LORD determines our steps.
Proverbs 16:9
Before we knew God's story, we made a mess of our own. Even afterward, we're prone to demand our own path, and hurt people in the process. Can God make good out of our bad?
He did with Paul.
Jesus transformed paul, the card carrying legalist, into a champion for mercy. Who would have thought? Yet who would be better qualified? Paul could write epistles of grace by dipping his pen into the inkwell of his own heart. He learned about love when Jesus paid him a personal visit on Damascus Highway.
Max Lucado の 「God with You Every Day」
ダマスコの経験はありますか？
私は、パウロのような一生に一度のドラマチックな経験はないけれど、時々、聞こえる気がします。
プレッシャーの中での仕事中、渋滞の中での運転中、あせってお買い物をしている時、怒りながらお料理している時、エトセトラ。
「まき、まき。なぜ私を迫害するのか」と。
本当に私は、いつまでもいつまでもどこまでどこまでも、罪人なのです。