Coincedence or the Hand of God.

The more I get to know God, the more I am convinced that nothing, and I mean nothing, happens simply by coincidence.  Romans 8:28 says: "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." (NLT) I have found this true so many different times.  I use a variety of curriculum and resources for my kid's church lessons. I pray before starting each lesson that God would have the kids there who need to hear this lesson, and that He speaks to everyone there--even my adult helpers. I have found on numerous occasions that what God has to speak through that weeks lesson is the very same thing He has been speaking to me for quite awhile and the very same thing that God has given the morning speaker in the adult service.  God knows what He is doing. 

This past Sunday I several kids come up to stating that they wanted to be baptized, but upon further questioning I realized that while they knew they should do it, they didn't understand why it should be done, or the significance of it, and I was pondering teaching a lesson upon baptism so that they might understand it more fully.  Well I started to prepare my lesson this week, from the BGMC curriculum (I do one every 2nd Sunday of the month)  and the True Missionary Story is about a group of people wishing to be baptized!  How cool is that!  This leads me to be able to do a very short explanation of baptism for the kids without having to go into a whole lesson solely on baptism.  God just has a way of working these things out.  And it is not the first time this has happened.  I'm so blessed to be serving a God that knows how to bring it all together.  I just love to serve and follow Him!