I have to scoot off to work now but I thought i'd start this thread and then join in tomorrow.
There's a story I have wanted to tell for yrs but haven't found a place to put it. It's a specific moment in my life when I felt that God personally intervened via a U2 song, and saved me from doing something foolish. This incident involved "Bad" and happened in the spring of 1985, when I had been a fan for 3 1/2 yrs already but was not yet a Christian--that would come 4 yrs later--and didn't until then begin tosee the spiritual aspects of the band's lyrics. Politcs, yes> Faith no. Funny, b/c I became a fan with "Gloria." But in retrospect, I can clearly see that God was already moving in my life in a big way, and indeed, in the opening stanzas of "Bad" was in the process of revealing His life plan for me. My personal "mission statement" as it were.
Now, I believe in miraculous occurrences. Sometimes it can be just a hunch you get, (like stories you read of people on 9/11 who just happened to be late for work and so missed being in the Towers that day), or looking up and seeing a wonderful sunset and having your soul at peace, or hearing a song in church, or running into a person that youhadn't seen in years and getting into a conversation that comforts you or making a freindship with someone extrordianary on a particular day you are feeling bummed out. I think we all do have guardian angels (even though I'm not Catholic). And God sees what we do and say, and maybe drops in in His own way. These are true moments of grace.
I really have to get off to work, so I can't tell this story now, but I've heard a lot of amazing u2 stories from people on Wire over the yrs. I know I'm not nuts, I have an ordinary life etc, (and I dance and have fun with U2 as much as anyone else; it;s just after this happened, I HAd to also take them seriously!)but I beleive in these things. I've often had hunches to open the Bible to a particlar verse and it explains EXACTLY what I'm going through at the moment. And that's a comfort.
So before I share this story (it's quite long, and "coming out" with it is a BIG deal for me) I'd like to hear from you guys, if you have any of your own. I alo hope it may help to comfort people who may be in need of it. I've seen some depressing stuff in the Confessionals thread these days.
I believe in miracles, esp if U2 is involved! Do you have any to share?
~T~
There's a story I have wanted to tell for yrs but haven't found a place to put it. It's a specific moment in my life when I felt that God personally intervened via a U2 song, and saved me from doing something foolish. This incident involved "Bad" and happened in the spring of 1985, when I had been a fan for 3 1/2 yrs already but was not yet a Christian--that would come 4 yrs later--and didn't until then begin tosee the spiritual aspects of the band's lyrics. Politcs, yes> Faith no. Funny, b/c I became a fan with "Gloria." But in retrospect, I can clearly see that God was already moving in my life in a big way, and indeed, in the opening stanzas of "Bad" was in the process of revealing His life plan for me. My personal "mission statement" as it were.
Now, I believe in miraculous occurrences. Sometimes it can be just a hunch you get, (like stories you read of people on 9/11 who just happened to be late for work and so missed being in the Towers that day), or looking up and seeing a wonderful sunset and having your soul at peace, or hearing a song in church, or running into a person that youhadn't seen in years and getting into a conversation that comforts you or making a freindship with someone extrordianary on a particular day you are feeling bummed out. I think we all do have guardian angels (even though I'm not Catholic). And God sees what we do and say, and maybe drops in in His own way. These are true moments of grace.
I really have to get off to work, so I can't tell this story now, but I've heard a lot of amazing u2 stories from people on Wire over the yrs. I know I'm not nuts, I have an ordinary life etc, (and I dance and have fun with U2 as much as anyone else; it;s just after this happened, I HAd to also take them seriously!)but I beleive in these things. I've often had hunches to open the Bible to a particlar verse and it explains EXACTLY what I'm going through at the moment. And that's a comfort.
So before I share this story (it's quite long, and "coming out" with it is a BIG deal for me) I'd like to hear from you guys, if you have any of your own. I alo hope it may help to comfort people who may be in need of it. I've seen some depressing stuff in the Confessionals thread these days.
I believe in miracles, esp if U2 is involved! Do you have any to share?
~T~