Earlier this month a friend of mine stood in the front of Newton Chapel at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia and made a life-long vow to love the man God had chosen for her. It was a sacred moment for those two that will mark them the rest of their lives. And, it was a reminder of one of my sacred moments in that same chapel twenty-nine years earlier.
The spring of 1989 was my final semester at Mercer University and I was struggling. I was struggling to complete the course work required to graduate with my class and I was struggling to finding direction for my future. Though I was a believer in Jesus I was not walking in obedience with Him. I was stuck. I was confused. I was alone. Then, if I remember correctly, some friends invited me to attend chapel with them on a Thursday night. They had invited me several other times but I had never showed up. There were more important things to do, like scrounging enough quarters together to order a small cheese pizza from Dominoes. But this night was different. I walked in late and silently slid into one of those wooden pews, feeling lost, worried, and anxious. I don't remember who spoke that night, but I do remember the Voice of God speaking to me. And I do remember the passage of Scripture from which he taught--Matthew 6:19-34. "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." God had spoken...to me! By his grace he had spoken to me and calmed my heart. For me, it was a sacred moment, and the pew in Newton Chapel became a sacred place. As I sat in a different pew in that same chapel a few weeks ago I was reminded of how God has fulfilled his word spoken to me in that place. Twenty-nine years later he continues to remind me of the secret to contentment: Stop worrying and seek Him first!
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