Beginning (“A very nice place to start.”)

As I begin writing, please take note of the picture above. It is of a subway train traveling through the Déli Pu. station. A few of you might recognize the location. It is the Metro stop at the South train station in Budapest, Hungary. My family and I lived there for eight years (in Budapest, not the train station). During those eight, carless = (without automobile), years I found myself standing on a subway platform numerous times. For those of you who have seldom had the experience of subways, there is a phenomena that takes place as you stand waiting. First, you feel a gust of wind blowing, then you hear a rumble, next you see headlights, finally it has arrived.

Our culture is going through this same process today. Something is coming. We can’t see it, we can only feel the wind blowing. We know it’s coming. Change is like that. To stretch this train analogy to its over used conclusion, will we be ready to board? I believe God prepares us if we have an attitude of anticipation. This last year (March ‘07′– February ‘08′) I have been waiting, anticipating what God is doing in and around me. I feel the wind.

“We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!” 1 Corinthians 13:12 (The Message)