Day Eight of Gulf War II (and Elke's Birthday)

I haven't listened to the news all day, but instead filled my head with thoughts of Christ - a very healthy exercise if you haven't tried it.

I had the most amazing experience today:
A colleague sent me an e-mail asking me what "GODISNOWHERE" meant to me.
I replied that since to me "GODISEVERYWHERE", this was not relevant.
Then I went to lunch, not awaiting his reply.
On the way to lunch, I felt sad because it was my birthday, but nobody was at the office, and I felt lonely. I prayed for God to humble me and make me less selfish. I prayed that instead of feeling the way I did, God would show me just one more Christian brother or sister at my company.
When I returned from lunch, there was another mail from my colleague who explained to me that instead of my interpretation of "GOD IS NOWHERE", it actually was referring to "GOD IS NOW HERE", a Christian apologetics website hosted by, among other people, another colleague from our company.
I almost fell off my chair with surprise at the beautiful, loving and sovereign nature of God who so immediately replied to my prayer. Praise His name forever!

On the war:
And here I thought that our Canadian friends were not very happy about the US going to war, but I found this very encouraging: http://www.friendsofamerica.ca/.
A Canadian friend sent it to me today.
He writes:
"I would also wager that there are apparently 5 times as many anti-war people in New York City (of all cities) than there are in all of Canada. I can't believe that 100,000 Americans in NYC held a protest only days into this war, and less than 2 years after 9/11 ???"

Continue to pray for peace.
In Christ,
Elke
posted by Elke at 10:46 PM