A gift from God

Welcome to The Awe of God! One author that I really enjoy, John Eldredge, is very open about the ways that God has communicated with him. In 2005, John and his wife, Stasi, published a book called Captivating. On page 116-117 of the book, Stasi relates a story about how God gave a gift to John:

"It may not come the way we thought, or perhaps even thought we desired it to. A few years ago John was on a business trip to Oregon. He snuck away for some time alone with God, down to the beach where he walked and prayed and finally sat in the sand to watch the waves upon the sea. (His idea of refreshment is 'the wilder the better.') Then he saw it. A huge plume of water shot up into the sky, and a massive humpback whale appeared right before him, impossibly close to shore. No one else was near. The time of the whale's annual migration had long passed. John knew immediately that this was a gift from God to his heart alone, a gift from the Lover of his heart."

Amazing! I'm sure that made John Eldredge's day.