Synchronized Alignments

...for I have sent them.

          Acts 10. 20

Who are all these people?

Others may be strangers to us,

but divinely appointed

for this particular sacred encounter.

As poet Wendell Berry observes,

"Maybe we're necessary to each other

and this vacant place

      has need of us both."

No coincidence at all,

   but God's engineering .

God works through relationships

     for His kingdom purposes

     and to take care of us all.

Even the momentary

       crossing of paths

are designed that way.

No accident. No coincidence.

   Just a remarkable alignment

   by the Almighty,

a synchronized occurrence

   that cannot be explained away,

           if not for Him.

O LORD,

Help us to see others

in our daily walk or work

       or just on our path

   as divine appointments

for Your purposes,

for Your Kingdom,

for Your glory.

Please make us aware

    of Your Presence

and the company of others.

Help us to love them well.