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Last week, a weird coincidence occurred and reminded me that God works through people. The chain of events leading up to it began a couple weeks ago with an email from new author Paulette George. She saw A Different Dream for My Child<\/em> listed when visiting the website of our mutual agent, Les Stobbe.<\/p>\n

In her email, Paulette described her new book, Good Morning Beautiful<\/em>. It\u2019s about her daughter Christina\u2019s struggle with a seizure disorder. Paulette was about to send in the final proofs so the book could go to the printers and asked if she could add Different Dream to the resource list. Of course I said yes, and we agreed to exchange books.<\/p>\n

Paulette sent the electronic version, but I wasn\u2019t able to read it until a couple days ago. I don\u2019t know any kids with seizure disorders, so the George family\u2019s story was enlightening. Paulette\u2019s book told of baby Christina\u2019s developmental delays due to seizures and treatment, her partial recovery as a toddler while on the controversial ketogenic diet, and the successful removal of her right frontal lobe as a preschooler. The Mayo Clinic surgery stopped the seizures completely. Christina is now in high school, on the volleyball team, and an honor student.<\/p>\n

The next day, the very next day, one of my friends sent a prayer request about a five-year-old boy who is battling a seizure disorder. He\u2019s scheduled to have part of his brain removed at Mayo Clinic, so I forwarded the email to Paulette. She emailed back to say she\u2019d contacted the family. At their website, http:\/\/ourstrongtower.blogspot.com\/, she discovered the little boy was staying in the room where Christina had stayed years ago.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s handprint on this series of events made me smile. Of course He\u2019s always at work through His people, whether we see His hand our not, no matter how much we doubt his ways, take them for granted, or take the credit for ourselves. But once in awhile, He reveals Himself in obvious, unmistakable ways. Like last week, when for some reason He made me one link in the chain of people who brought two families together.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I know some people will say the whole thing is a weird coincidence. But with coincidences like these happening more and more frequently, I see God at work building faith, keeping men from taking His gifts for granted, so we rightly attribute to God what he has done.<\/p>\n

I could call it a weird coincidence. Or I can call it God at work through His people. I choose the one that stands on a foundation of truth and brings hope to all who believe. How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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