Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“At the seventh time [Elijah’s servant] said, ‘Look, a little cloud no bigger than a person’s hand is rising out of the sea.’ Then [Elijah] said, ‘Go and say to Ahab, “Harness your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.” ’”
NL Daily Devotion for Saturday, November 6, 2021
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
The end of the drought was signified by a tiny little cloud. That’s how real change happens sometimes. It starts small, even insignificantly. But given time and energy, it grows until it becomes something powerful enough to alter a situation completely.
I have experienced some pretty dramatic changes in my life, completely life-altering transformations, in some cases. When I look back at them, and see where those things originated, I find that these sweeping changes began as the simple willingness to take an action, to do something different. As I have invited God into the process of changing, these little steps gained power and momentum, and something more lasting became possible. I can honestly say I am not the same person I was twenty years ago. I can point to so many ways I have changed for the better. And it all began with ‘a little cloud’ of willingness, ‘no bigger than a man’s hand.’
Have I experienced big, positive changes in my life? How did they come about? Where was God in the mix?
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