God Makes Something Out of Nothing

Day 164 of Photo Inspirations — God Makes Something Out of Nothing
I sincerely believe God has a reason for everything — including the things that He uses as “attention-getters”.  At the very least, He wants me to be aware that He is with me and He has another object lesson for me to learn from.

Case in point.  Last week I was first to the restaurant where I would be meeting my BFF.  The only table I could find, was one that had this stick on it.   When my friend arrived, I asked if she could think of a reason why that stick was there. “Is God trying to tell us something?”  Without second guessing, she said, “It reminds me of a stick I found in Fatima, Portugal and brought it back home to see if it could be carved for my Dad.   He was using a cane to walk then, and that carved stick would be a perfect birthday gift for him.”   My friend had the stick carved by her friend.  Without ever telling her friend what to carve, she transformed it from “nothing” to something beautiful and of great significance to my friend AND her Dad.

My friend went on to tell me she had written a blog about that Walking Stick Story.  She has been distracted and so busy in the last year, that she hasn’t been writing, but lately, has been sensing God urging her to start again.  Because I know her gifts and talents in writing and blogging, I agreed that this stick was another nudge from heaven to begin again.  I urge you to read her Walking Stick Story here (it’s beautiful), and even follow her blogs:  http://www.becomingwomenofpeace.com/search?q=stick

Today begins the National Speech & Debate Competitions here at Northwestern University and Payton will present his speech, “The Making of a Leader”.  It’s an informative speech and in it he explains what God does in making a leader.  To quote him, “God has a knack at creating something out of nothing.  Whether it’s the creation of the world out of literally nothing or the making of a King from a simple shepherd boy, God knows how to make something great out of the ordinary.”  And the final line of the speech goes:  “If man can take a piece of moldy old bread and make life-saving penicillin out of it, can you just imagine what the God of the universe can make out of you?”  Yes, our God, the Almighty Creator of EVERYTHING is quite capable of making SOMETHING out of nothing and SOMETHING out of us!