Please listen to the song……
Now let me tell you the story of how on last TWOsday…….2/22/22, we were overwhelmed with encouragement….. so you too can be encouraged!
Just to remind you….. the number 22 represents “Sons of LIGHT”
When I posted the photo of the Canberra last Tuesday and spoke about our ‘St. Brendan’s sailing adventure in life‘, I had no idea that Robin would post his song with the above photo, also of a ship, that same day!
Each of us have a personal adventure where God ADds to us as we VENTURE out with faith in him to sail through the storms of life. This song and the others that comprise Robin’s shortly to be released album “The Rubicon is a Red River”, expresses what has been added to him through the storms of the last few years.
Last TWOsday also ‘just happened’ to be the TIME Hilary was given to have her right eye operated on to remove a cataract. It had been rapidly darkening her sight. The operation was not a day too soon!
It is Hilary’s habit as we are getting dressed in the morning to listen to the bible being read. Twossday 2/22 ‘just happened’ to be TIME for Revelation 22. Revelation 22:2 says,
“…and the leaves of the trees are for the healing of the nations.”
It is also our habit to read a Psalm together every morning. So as we drove to the appointment it ‘just happened’ to be TIME for Psalm 42. Hilary read,
“My deep need calls out to the deep kindness of your love. Your waterfall of weeping sent waves of sorrow over my soul, carrying me away, cascading over me like a thundering CATARACT.
Wow! We didn’t know cataracts were in the bible!!
It continued,
“All through the day Yahweh has commanded his endless love to pour over me. Through the night I sing his songs and my praises.”
When”Overwhelmed” by a cascade of trouble, God “Overwhelms” us with the cascade of his love!’
We drove along Highway 65. Isaiah 65:1 reads, “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’“
This speaks of God opening our eyes to see Him! “For God who said, “Let LIGHT shine out of darkness” made his LIGHT shine in our hearts to give us the LIGHT of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” (2 Cor.4:6)
Listen again to the 222 song’s refrain…...”There’s a LIGHT………”
We returned home.
I received two unexpected phone calls that afternoon.
One was from an old friend. He was at an all time low point in his life but said he had just received a glimmer of hope. I suggested Robin’s song released that day was God’s word for him and sent him the link. Later that night I got this email,
“You were right. The whole thing speaks to my soul. Thanks for letting me know about it, and if you get the chance, please tell Robin that for me. I’m just sitting here alone listening to it over and over. God is good.”
The second phone call was from a dear brother in New Zealand. As we talked I told him about Hilary’s cataract operation on her right eye and how God had ordered that she receive sight as ‘a son of light’ on the 22nd. Mike chuckled, “Paul, yesterday, which was the 22nd here in New Zealand, I received a letter from my doctor ordering an operation for a cataract on my left eye!”
Hilary’s operations to give her back her sight was made possible by a kind gift from a brother and sister of $10,000.
10 is the Re-establishment of God’s order and 1000 God’s glory.
God is restoring sight so we can see his glory.
To ‘restore’ means to return things not just to the way they were, but ‘to the way they were meant to be.‘ This is God’s “New Normal.”
When Hilary’s left eye which had been operated on 2 weeks ago was tested she had almost 20/20 vision. This has always been her ‘bad eye’ She has never been able to see much out of it before! Now it is as it was always meant to be! Thank you Father! We anticipate the same restoration for the right eye over the next few days!
Two of our children had ‘strabismus’ (squints) in childhood. One in the left and one in the right. We learned that if you do not have both eyes functioning, the brain only sees in two dimensions. When we have both right and left eyes functioning we have depth perception.
This is what God is restoring, ‘sight’ not just physically for Hilary and Mike personally, but spiritually for his ‘body’, and for others all around the globe!
P.S. I mentioned in a P.S. blog on 2/2/22 the 2 emails I received from Lydia in Wales and Tom in Duluth that Twos-day.
I received this subsequent email from Lydia this last Tuesday morning…..2/22/22
Then I recalled a line from a previous email from Tom, “This coming FEB.22 marks the 49th anniversary of the day God called my name in a movie theater in Duluth. The rest is my experience in “HIs Story”.
Tom went on to say, “I am very happy to be linked with Lydia in Wales.”
Lydia has for several years been bedridden with “M.E.”
The number 49 is a Jubilee number.……. The word Jubilee occurs 22 times in scripture.
Can we all agree together with Tom and Lydia that this is a sign that it is now Lydia’s TIME to experience a personal Jubilee?
P.P.S. I have never said this before, but would suggest if you found this blog an encouragement that you pass the encouragement on to others for their En-LIGHT-en-ment!………. Thank You : – )