Take a stroll with me down the streets of Orange, Texas, a small town located on the Louisiana border, where I have resided for the last 25 years. \u00a0One of the main attractions in Orange is The Lutcher Theater. \u00a0Though a small town, we here in Orange are very privileged that The Lutcher plays host to big name celebrities throughout the year.<\/p>\n
Two blocks down the street from The Lutcher is another theater called Orange Community Players. \u00a0It is here one will see familiar faces of people in the community, using their God-given talents in the performing arts.<\/p>\n
Five miles north of town is The Bush Family Theater. \u00a0In this theater, God Himself, is the producer. \u00a0On any day of the year, He is producing some of the highest quality dramas, unlike The Lutcher, or I dare say, Broadway has ever produced.<\/p>\n
It is in this small home theater where God casts my husband as the main character in each \u00a0drama. \u00a0The role he is playing is a true story and it is all about God relentlessly pursuing him for his eternal salvation. \u00a0An analytical, strong-willed man, who feels he is self-sufficient and has no need of God, he is totally clueless about what is going on between him and God.<\/p>\n
I kid you not, every time I watch another episode, my mind races back to the farm I grew up on in Georgia. \u00a0Not only did my daddy grow peanuts like all farmers do in Georgia, but he had a large herd of cattle and hogs. \u00a0Once a month, Daddy would load up about 50 hogs that he had been fattening to take to the market to sell. \u00a0He\u2019d back his big truck up to the fence and line it up with the \u00a0\u201chog shoot.\u201d \u00a0For all you city girls, a hog shoot is a narrow wooden passage that the hogs walk up to enter the truck from the field.<\/p>\n
Now, the old hogs did not \u201cgracefully\u201d walk up the shoot. \u00a0They had to have a little prodding. \u00a0Daddy had just the thing to get them going in the direction of the back of his truck – -a hot stick. \u00a0This was a battery operated device that gave them an electric shot in their rear that guided them up the narrow passage way into the back of the truck. \u00a0Poor hogs – -they had no choice, but to enter the truck.<\/p>\n
I am sure you know where I am going with this. \u00a0My man has no choice. \u00a0God\u2019s guiding hands will get him in the back of His truck.<\/p>\n
Yes, it is all being played out before my eyes, and I get to have a front row seat,\u00a0just as\u00a0Lynn\u00a0talks about on page 129 in Winning Him Without Words.<\/p>\n
I just feel it in my bones that the final episode is about to be produced. \u00a0When it is, you are invited to Orange to the little theater five miles north of town to the celebration. I will kill the fatted calf that I have been fattening up for this occasion.<\/p>\n
Outside The Bush Family Theater, the marquee will read: “My Son Which Was Lost Is Now Found. \u00a0Admission FREE! Come on in!”<\/p>\n
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Let\u2019s pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n
God, I thank you for pursuing each of our husbands, not only for their eternal salvation, but that they grow in grace and in the knowledge of you. \u00a0Help us to live our lives before them as 1 Peter 3 calls us to, and not interfere with what you are doing in their lives. \u00a0In Jesus name, I pray. \u00a0Amen<\/p>\n
Your assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Have you seen God in some way pursuing your husband? \u00a0If so, how? \u00a0The big question is: \u00a0\u201cDid you stay quiet and not interfere in what He was doing?<\/p>\n
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