Proof The Bible Is True

Never has a Bible passage spoken so strongly to me or to my husband, Jim, or so inexplicably. That’s the only word for it: inexplicable.

 

Something happened that Sunday when we heard our pastor speak on the passage, something extraordinary, and we both knew, separately, just sitting in the pew, that we needed to act on it. Now.

 

“‘Do we own our possessions or do they own us?’” Jim said, quoting the lesson as we were driving home. “When he said those words, it was like a light flashed on. I couldn’t stop thinking about all the stuff we own.”

 

“I felt it too,” I said. “God clearly wants us to do something.”

 

“But what?” Jim wondered. “We don’t need extra space.”

 

Our four-bedroom home had plenty of space. Our oldest son, Matthew, was out of the house—married with a family of his own. Our daughter, Beth, was off at college. Our younger son, Mark, would be leaving in another year.

 

“Still, I feel like God is sending us a message,” Jim said.

 

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