“Allow God to Screw with Your Life”

And oh how He has been doing that to each of us! Right when we all thought that we were getting into the swing of things, Betsy puts in a twist… Last Thursday morning, as we all sat around to talk about the next week’s budget, we were informed that six of our community members were “evicted” for the night, meaning that they had no place to live or sleep from 8pm to the following morning. So now the very homeless shelter that they had been serving at became their new home for the night.

This was not the only surprise however; another two members of our crew were “promoted”. Not only did they receive an extra $20, they also received an all-expenses paid night at the local Marriott Hotel. Finally there remained three members of the community (myself included) who were just to remain at home.

The next day when we all came together again, we found that God forced those who went to the shelter to lose a restful and needed night of sleep so they would understand what some people experience every night, not just one. For those who went to the Marriot, God broke their hearts when they figured out the amount of comfortable beds that would not be in use that night and the amount of people on the street that will never see a bed. Finally for those who stayed at home, God showed us just how lonely and wrong it feels for a community that has become so strong and close to be divided and broken, even for one night.

Allow God to Screw with Your Life….It’s a funny thing, that phrase...because it means giving up the little control I thought I had over my life. It means trusting that God’s love is faithful: love that holds on. It means allowing God to show me that when I thought I had it all together, I couldn’t have been farther from the truth. It means falling in love with God again. It means going back to the basics.