The above photo was taken of my mother and father on their wedding day, just before they set out on their honeymoon to Kylemore Abby.
My mother’s name was Anna meaning ‘grace’, and although my father was known to everyone as Gilbert, his first given name was George.
It was the ‘mild mannered reporter’ who first alerted me to the fact that ‘George’ is the name of God our Father. In John 15 he is called ‘the farmer’ which in Greek is ‘georgios’ from which we get the English name George.
On the first night of the Your Smiling Face event in Belfast, the sound was disastrous.
Mags sidled up to me afterwards and whispered. ‘My friend George is in town, I think he might be able to help’
The next morning we arrived to a ‘perfect’ set up – courtesy of George. We had one other meeting that required amplification. Again there was a problem with the sound. Once more – it was George to the rescue.
It was clear it was ‘George’, our Heavenly Father who was taking steps to ensure through his human servant George, that the message he had entrusted to us should be heard loud and clear.🙂
That message had been embraced by Mags at our previous retreat. She was able this time to share her story of how she had been romanced by ‘George’ her Heavenly Father, Here is a snippet of her beautiful testimony…..
She wrote to me just a few days ago…..
‘Paul, whilst journeying backwards over your blogs I came across the post concerning the eclipse on the 8th April and the names of the towns it passed over, we had a surprise back here too that evening….’
The photo is of George holding the baby donkey born on the night that the eclipse passed through the 7 Ninevehs in the US. Unaware of this, the name given to the newborn was ……….Jonah!
Stephen Jon(ah)es wrote in his most recent blog series,”The Two Works of Christ in Acts chapter 1-12.”
‘The clearest illustration of the two works of Christ is set forth by the prophet Jonah. He was given two calls to preach to Nineveh. After his first call, he tried to flee but ended up in the belly of the whale (Jonah 1:17). His experience simulated death and resurrection and so he became a type of Christ in His first coming (Matthew 12:40).
After Jonah’s deliverance, he was called a second time (Jonah 3:1). This time he obeyed and preached to Nineveh. He was successful, the city repented, and it was not destroyed at that time. So also the second work of Christ in our time will see the salvation of the world through the preaching of the word under the power of the Holy Spirit.’
Here is the link to that series….
https://godskingdom.org/blog/series/the-two-works-of-christ-in-acts-1-12/
Johnny Enlow has been delivering a similarly radical biblical message for our time, approaching it from a different angle.
Here is an example from his Unfiltered series on Elijah Streams…..
https://rumble.com/v4pl3pe-johnny-enlow-unfiltered-ep-102.html
I appreciate the rendering of Proverbs 3:5 in the Passion translation, “Trust in the Lord completely and do not rely on your own opinions.”
Having the humility to change our mind/opinion is the ‘supreme virtue’ in our day…….
………when ‘George’ is romancing not just an Anna in Ireland, but that one of Grace as he searches throughout the earth for a bride for his Son.
Enjoy the story that we are a part of in the following song…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV7qlQkVz7M
As I was finishing this blog the link below flashed across my screen sent by a friend……..I guess Father is finding the bride for his son in some unlikely quarters 😀