The Crossing

As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.  “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”  The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything. (Acts 9:3-9 NIV)

The crossing, when we realize what we know is not all there is. We see what we have believed is not enough, limited, or wrong. We begin to walk the path toward changing, transforming, and experiencing life with new eyes. At the crossing the bible verse Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid? NIV…It becomes our mantra when struggles and chaos comes; it is real for us. We now fully grasp Paul's life-faith that he embodied, and we read about in the bible. The crossing manifested. The tough call has been made to walk the life of faith, and improvement and blessing showers are seen. What is needed provided in unexpected ways, by unexpected people; we see this because we now understand God does move in mysterious ways. His logic is not ours, yet His choices are bulls-eye hit with what is needed, and we get more than the desired results.

The crossing is the moment we get new eyes, not new landscapes. We finally do what we are capable of because we trust the word of God. The crossing is when a momentum change occurs…When Obama ran for president, a crossing; MLK decided to act, a crossing; When David decided to fight Goliath, a crossing; Abigail gave supplies to David, a crossing; when the widow feed the prophet Elijah, the crossing, Deborah lead the battle, a crossing, Abraham sacrifice of his son, a crossing, and the crossing that granted us grace, when Jesus cross through the line that separates eternal to limitedness, and went from being the lamb slain before the foundation of the earth, to our living sacrifice, and we were granted grace and mercy.  Now don’t get it twist, as we saw with Jesus, so shall it be for us, but God knows we are not Christ and cannot bear the same..wink..The crossing the moment that changes everything, and Psalm 23 is lived, and we know, that we know Jehovah-Shammah -The Lord is Present. our choice….wink.