There are those events in life that become benchmarks in time.... graduation from high school, getting married, the birth of a child, the death of a loved one... and traumatic events. These events become points of reference for things that happened before and things that will happen after. July 6, 2002 was one of those defining moments in time for our family. So many things only make sense when put into the perspective of before or after "Ladd's first wreck".
A significant part of how we view these defining moments ,when the moment has passed and we are finally able to look back on them, has to do with how we responded to the challenges and choices that the moment brought. Did we respond in faith, generosity, and reliance on God to carry us through? Or did we respond in selfishness, greed, anger, or bitterness toward God?
I envision Noah referring to time before the flood and after; Esther marking events from before queen and after; Moses referring to before the Red Sea split and after, and Shadrach, Meshach and Abdnego classifying time before and after the furnace.
I wonder if the majority of those events that would be considered defining moments are the results of either miracles and times when we saw and acknowledged God at work, or of times when we have defiantly turned our backs on God and marched off in our own direction? I pray that I would have more defining moments from times when I saw God at work and joined Him in whatever He was doing, than from times when I marched off in my own direction.
A significant part of how we view these defining moments ,when the moment has passed and we are finally able to look back on them, has to do with how we responded to the challenges and choices that the moment brought. Did we respond in faith, generosity, and reliance on God to carry us through? Or did we respond in selfishness, greed, anger, or bitterness toward God?
I envision Noah referring to time before the flood and after; Esther marking events from before queen and after; Moses referring to before the Red Sea split and after, and Shadrach, Meshach and Abdnego classifying time before and after the furnace.
I wonder if the majority of those events that would be considered defining moments are the results of either miracles and times when we saw and acknowledged God at work, or of times when we have defiantly turned our backs on God and marched off in our own direction? I pray that I would have more defining moments from times when I saw God at work and joined Him in whatever He was doing, than from times when I marched off in my own direction.
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