The MIracle of Crossing: The Promised Land

Two Rivers: The Jordan and I-85.

14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. 15 Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge, 16 the water from upstream stopped flowing. Joshua 3

It's Morning, Jesus
This twisting river is your view. It is what you see from heaven.
One river is I-85 in Ga, made of concrete and steel.
The other river is the Jordan in Israel, composed of mud and water.

You have been with us in the past, and you are with your people in the present.

We are experiencing the miracle of crossing into the promised land.
"I promise, that I will bring you up and out of your affliction, to a land flowing with milk and honey."

You are a God of miracle.
You are a God of the prayer walk, when, four years ago, you promised all of us in spirit...the best year ever.
You are the God of delay.
You are the God of immediacy.
You are the God of promise and fulfillment.
You are the God of mystery and clarity.
The best year ever, has now come.
But it is not the year of our making, but yours.
It comes after the years of testing.
It comes after the purification of all sin.
It comes after mutual sin and mutual confession.
It comes after pain.
The crocus has bloomed in the wilderness and streams have flowed in the desert.
You have restored unto us the years the locusts have eaten.
You have restored unto all of us a right, humble and contrite spirit.
We have known the woe of sin, together
And now we know the mutual glory of a hallelujah shared.
You demonstrated unto all of us the end of all flesh
You demonstrate now, the power of the Spirit.
We are ashamed of our flesh
But by it we glory in your Spirit.
We have all sinned, each one of us,
We have all fallen short of the glory of God.
And it is grace,
Grace upon grace,
That you have blessed us.
You have blessed us all.
Lord be with each entity behind the differing letters that we chose to name us: WHBC, LCS, COP, WGCA.
We confess that these letters never had the power to unite us.
But there is one WORD that has called us all together.
His name is above all names.
His name is Jesus.
Amen
We are awed by you, your wonder and your grandeur.
Amen