Have You Traveled to Emmaus?

I had lunch with a new friend yesterday. She has an amazing faith story she is living right now. It was wonderful to hear about how faithful God is to His word and in her life.

Then this morning during my quiet time I was reading about "The Road to Emmaus." I have always loved that part of scripture. After lunch yesterday some of the points of God's words in Luke spoke to my heart this morning.

I love that the Lord surrounds us with friends to discuss every aspect of our lives we want to share. Two of Christ disciples were walking to Emmaus on the third day after the crucifixion. You can only imagine their conversation. The women had found angels in the tomb rather than Christ's body. You know they were confused. They were having such trouble putting all the pieces together. I love that God gives us friends to talk out and try to understand things.

As they are realizing for probably the umpteenth time that they do not have the answers they seek, a man joins them on their walk. They don't recognize that it is Christ. Yet they are drawn to his light as he explains the fulfillment of the scriptures. I firmly believe God reveals himself through people everyday. The Holy Spirit shines forth, and bestows knowledge and wisdom when we seek it. Sometimes, graciously, when we don't even know we're looking. When we seek Him with all our heart, we will find him.

When the men finally realize they are in the presence of their Lord Jesus Christ he disappears. There is no sorrow in this. As you might imagine, I love this part also. Once Christ reveals himself to us, He leaves us with friends to discuss the process and experience. These friends will remind us that we truly experienced God in our lives. These conversations support us and help our faith grow even more. Sharing our own faith journeys helps to build the faith of others.

It was a pleasure to hear my new friend's faith journey. God made her a promise years ago that He has recently reconfirmed in a way she'll never be able to deny. She is resting secure in God's love for her. He surrounded her with friends to witness His promise to her. She's filled with peace that no matter where the road or process ahead of her takes her and her family, they are in the center of God's will. As she said yesterday. There's no where else she'd want to be.