God's Grammar

I was captivated by this quote written by Mark Batterson in The Circle Maker (p. 91).

“Never put a comma where God puts a period, and never put a period where God put’s a comma.  Sometimes what we perceive as a period is really just a comma.  We think that God’s silence is the end of the sentence, but it’s just a providential pause.  Praying through the conjunction that allows God to not just finish the sentence but to make a statement.  ‘Lord….if you had been here, my brother would not have died.  But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.’”

 Lazarus died four days before.  Period.  But Martha, in a wonderful statement of faith, puts a comma instead, thus holding out hope.  I see Lent as a time for reflecting on God’s commas in our lives.  He died, but He is risen!  We too will die, but then arise to be with Him for eternity. We suffer now, but ....   You add to this list as you pray this week.