We just got home from our first 5th grade football game, and I’m trying to process a LOT of information right now. Mainly I’m trying to figure out how the kids look so big and so little ALL AT THE SAME TIME out on that field. I’m also feeling a little nostalgic because tonight we sat next to my friend Alison, and I remembered that about 11 1/2 years ago she sat across from me at a Mexican restaurant – when I was so pregnant I was about to pop – and told me that she was expecting a baby, too. Now our two “babies” are on the same football team together, which is the strangest thing because I feel like we were sitting in that Mexican restaurant oh, I don’t know, about eight months ago.
Crazy. Time is crazy.
Anyway, now I need to “wash clothes” if I plan to have “something clean” to “wear to work” tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure to share this video because, well, it’s so stinkin’ good. Some of y’all know that last week our pastor announced that he is leaving our church to become president of the International Mission Board, and this past Sunday he shared how he and his sweet wife Heather gradually became aware of what God was calling them to do. It’s the most tender, encouraging account of the deeply personal ways that God works in our lives – through the Holy Spirit, Scripture, and other believers – and I just think this message is a gift for those of us who tend to overthink and over question every single decision that we make.
I mean, I’ve heard that some people do that. I’ve never had any first-hand experience with that, of course.
Anyway. There’s just something so powerful about hearing someone else’s story, and I thought some of y’all might enjoy hearing this one. It’s beautiful.
If for some reason you can’t get the embedded video to work (keep in mind that it may take a minute or two to load), you can click here and watch it on the Brook Hills website.
Happy Wednesday, everybody.
Thank you for sharing! I appreciate his hunger for God’s will and sharing his journey with us all. God is so great and He has wonderful plans for each of us…we only need to seek Him.
Blessings Sophie!!
Wow! Powerful indeed.
My son is six and is playing football for the first time this year. What amazes me is how he (and his teammates) can look so tiny, and the opposing team, in the same weight category, can look like giants. I’m a nervous wreck, but loving every minute of it!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! Love your writing!
WOW! Our pastor spoke about the new president of the IMB Sunday. I’m sure it’s no coincidence that I got this post from you. I watched the entire video to hear the story. God is so clear when we really listen. We are pondering a major decision (not like this one though), and this was so helpful. Thank you.
Thankful for this link, Sophie. David is truly God’s anointed and I thank the Lord for the path that He laid out for him from his beginning – his parents, his church – and thankful that I got to see a little of it. Praying for them as they follow. Surrender, abide, seek daily and wholeheartedly. Oh, that it may be so for us all.
David’s message was a good word. I’ve got a very different big question going on right now and it was good to see someone else’s story come together.
Sophie, thank you soooo much for sharing this. It is so timely for what we are facing today. Our pastor just announced on Sunday that he is leaving our church to take a position with Dr. Thom Rainer, President of Lifeway Christian Resources in Nashville. We are so excited for him and for this opportunity for him, but we are sad that he is leaving. He stood before our church and basically said many of the same things your pastor did…and shared how God began to work in his life, and how He confirmed His will for their family. Thank you for this reminder that God has a plan. He doesn’t always show us our next step until we take that first one.
Thank you so, so much for sharing this.
I used to be your “neighbor” in Birmingham. I wasn’t part of the Brook Hills family; we were members of Brookwood Baptist on Overton Road. After a lifetime in another denomination, God led us to BBC and from there to so many amazing experiences–some terrible and some terrific, but all of them a testimony of His goodness. Anyway, I’ve always felt a kinship with you because of the Alabama connection that really only existed in my head, but still. That connection prompted me to go ahead and click “play” on the video, and I am so grateful.
I know y’all must have mixed emotions right now. I am thrilled to think of David Platt’s being head of the IMB, and I’m sure you are too. But to lose him as your senior pastor must be hard, even when you know his going is right. The Spirit has led him to go; the Spirit has led y’all to the place of losing your senior pastor. The result will be for y’all’s good and for God’s glory, and I know you rest in that. The rest of the church universal owes y’all a debt of gratitude for your sacrifice. Thank you for it.
Oh, Sophie. Thank you for this. “I just want to do my duty”. I am undone. Surrender. Abide. God bless David, Heather and their family.
Surrender and Abide and God will make your paths straight. I am so pumped up about this!
Thanks for sharing!