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God’s Orchestration

celloI love to see the Lord work His Salvation miracles. His works are Master Pieces of sweet music. They are arrangements that only He can make happen.

Two weeks ago I began my second attempt at cello lessons. I had tried the instrument about five years ago and found my fingers so rusty and decrepit that I had given up after just a few months.

So, why my second go? Here’s one short and sweet story. There is a youg man that works with Alexandre at school. He teaches music and is a musical genius. At sixteen he began a city wide music program to train young musicians in Sorocaba. Recently he has worked with two deaf children and has been able to teach them to play violin using a method that he developed.

There doesn’t seem to be an instrument that he cannot play. His seventeen year old wife also plays the flute and is studying nursing. They are a very young but very sharp couple.

In a conversation after the recent Recital Junior convinced me that it would be a good idea for me to take up cello again. I reluctantly agreed. Thinking that if all else failed my visits to his home might encourage him in spiritual matters. During that same time period Alexandre mentioned starting a Bible study with Junior and Daniela. Both agreed.

Sunday was the third week of the Bible study that takes place just before afternoon service. Dawn needed to get to church a little early so she could set up for Communion service. As I set my Bible down to help move the Communion table into place Alexandre came to greet me with an ear to ear smile on his face.

“Pastor! Junior and Daniela both accepted Christ!” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. We had prayed for them just that morning.

Junior and Daniela came to Christ through a series of events orchestrated by God alone. As I lead singing during a pause between the first and second hymn I asked if there was anyone who had a blessing to share. Junior got to his feet immediately and said, “I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior!” A moment later Daniela stood and acknowledged the same! To which there was a resounding AMEN from the rest of our congregation.

As it turns out they had both made a decision during the week but didn’t mention anything about that decision to each other. It was during Alexandre’s Sunday afternoon Bible study that they both discovered that the other had come to Christ!

WE ARE VERY EXCITED! To say the least. Pray with us for this young couple.

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