God's Grammar Lessons

You didn't know God taught grammar? Well, he does. Everything we need to know is spelled out in his Word. The questions come out of our lives. The answers are found in him and his Word. However, God's ways are not our ways. His plots often don't take the direction we think they should. And his grammar is not our grammar. For it is against this backdrop of despair that we find God's grammar rule number one. Listen carefully. There will be a test.

*God's Grammar Rule #1: Never put a period where God puts a comma.

The story of Lazarus tells us that "a delay in answer is not a sign of God's indifference or his failure to hear. It is a sign of his love. The delay will help us. It will make us stronger." Just when you think the sentence is over, the most important part may be yet to come.

*God's Grammar Rule #2: Don't put a comma where God puts a period.

If you are trying to put a comma where God intends a period, don't be surprised when Jesus pops your pretty bubbles. Because when you attempt to breathe life into something God intends to die, you become a stumbling block to Christ. His periods may not be our periods. His commas may not be our commas. We can have faith that everything really will turn out all right. And it is that very faith that takes us to the next lesson Lazarus's story has to teach us. (From:Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World)