Blaine was bathing the boys and I took the trash out to the road (how's that for gender role flexibility?). When I came back inside, I heard Blaine calling for me so I went upstairs and heard him saying, "You've gotta read this! I just had the most joyful, worshipful experience in my life!"
I figured it was just a Bible verse or something because he's constantly reading on his Kindle app, but as he handed me his phone, I saw tears in his eyes and thought, man, what did he read? And how did it so profoundly impact him with those two wild, screaming banshees splashing around in the tub in front of him?
I looked at his phone and saw that it was a text. A text from our brother-in-law (Blaine's sister's husband) that said:
"I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS!!!!!!!"
It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I was immediately filled with joy and relief and happiness and excitement! My sister-in-law was saved about three and a half years ago, and we have been praying for her husband ever since (well, even before that we were praying, but we were anxiously awaiting the day that he would unite with his wife in the faith). He has wrestled and questioned and searched and tried to determine the truth, and tonight God fully opened his heart to know it!
"It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found." Luke 15:32
Our brother, our friend, was dead. Dead in his sins. Dead with his heart of stone that by nature was rebellious to God. He was lost and running away from Jesus. And Jesus found him. Jesus brought him to life. Jesus saved him! He was dead, and now he is alive!
And that is probably the greatest thing that could happen in my entire week! On this Monday, October 27th, I gained a new brother in Christ, and I absolutely cannot wait to see what God does in and through his life!