I have always been a believer, yet my walk truly began when life spun out of control.  I was barely in my twenties when I was introduced to real disenchantment.  My refiner's fire came in the form of a marriage I had poured everything into, only to end with a broken heart. For years, I faced a seemingly roller coaster battle with brokenness, depression and confusion.  It was in these times that I learned to seek, cling and trust in Him… 

November 19, 2002 - One night in anguish, I cried out to the Lord.  I understood that "there is a season for every activity under heaven."  I wasn't asking for the fruition of His promises if it wasn't the right time yet, but I just wanted to be reassured that He hears me.  In desperation I looked up and asked, "If you do, please show me a sign.  Please give me a shooting star."

For more than an hour I waited outside…nothing.  I came back to my room even more depressed and now worse - hopeless!  "He doesn't even listen to me."  I turned the TV on and left it on the news.  I really could have cared less what was playing.  I just couldn't stand the deafening silence.

Suddenly, my ears opened to the Meteorologist saying, "You guys are in for a treat!  Come out between 2:00a.m. to 3:00a.m. because there's going to be a meteor shower!" I leaped to my feet!  Could it be that He was listening to me after all? 

Early that morning, when it was still dark, I went outside and waited in anticipation.  At about 2:30a.m., the falling stars started coming.  One by one, it came.  At first, there were only a few, then more and more came beautifully cascading down from the heavens, illuminating the pitch black sky.  He sent so many, I couldn't count them all at once!  At its peak, the most I could number was 15 shooting stars simultaneously without losing track.  There were just too much to count.   It was breathtakingly innumerable!  The 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower was one of the most spectacular sights I have ever seen.

He did hear me.  In HIS TIMING, it came and it was beyond what I ever imagined or expected.  "Exceeding, abundantly, more than I ever prayed, asked for and thought of."  Yet this is only one of the countless wonders He continues to bless me with…along with Himself.  

"In Him we live and find our being."  In Him, we are made complete.  Beloved, there is no other way.