Friday, January 11, 2008

Dear God,

When you are powerfully present, a room becomes a palace, a voice the sound of an angel, a spirit soars like an eagle. In this environment anything can happen.

One of the most important questions ever addressed was, "Can any good come out of Nazareth?" Of course, you knew the answer to that question. Jesus is the good that came out of Nazareth.

In a time of conflict someone once asked, Can any good come out of Bethel?" The question has been affirmatively answered many times since then, but perhaps no more than yesterday. There was one, then two, then three. They wandered together, lead by a spirit voice. A prayer answered. A friend appeared. A song was birthed. A new beginning times three.

Yesterday was to be another rehearsal of All Day Long. They would sing for three hours, then go home. But today a miracle happened. The wind of your spirit blew into the room and lingered for a long time.

Three voices became one. One voice. One message. Each honoring the voice of their neighbor, inviting them to join their own voice, knowing their voice could not give what three makes one could. Giving and taking. Blending. One voice, the voice of God.

The moment the music began I knew what was happening, could feel the movement. I know when the spirit starts stirring. I recognize the signs, the sounds. It stirred yesterday and kept stirring.

There was a birth, a birth took place in the room. Just as a baby can no longer be put back into their mother's womb, no longer can three be three but one. They entered a door with a sign displayed, "No Return This Way." Something powerful happened.

I know a call to ministry when I hear it. I know a birthing when I see it. I know when lives are changed. I know when you are inviting a new thing to take place. I know it. I watched it unfold today.

The spirit
is stirring,
can no longer
stop it.
It's here
to stay.

Love, Andrea