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By Malin Boman
10/14/07
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People were streaming out form the crowded auditorium after the morning session had just finished. Some people were already deep into a conversation with fellow friends, obviously happy to meet up at this conference after many years of friendship.
Others were more clearly moved by the message and lingered behind avoiding eye contact with others.
It had been a moving session where the guest speaker had so brilliantly shared his own struggles in life as a Pastor and how through his pain God had heal so many areas of his life.
God’s presence had been felt by everyone and some found it hard to let go of the impacting moment.

As Paul found himself surrounded by others trying to get to the exit his heart was beating harder than usual.
Had he really heard right? Had God really told him to do what every fibre of his being did not want to do? He kept a quiet conversation going on with God as he step by step tried to leave.
He came up with all this good excuses for not following through with this crazy idea he now tried so hard to get rid of. What? Go up and give the man a hug?? The man that had been instrumental to his entire life falling to pieces many year ago that included loosing his entire family? No, he must have heard wrong. No, this could not be God and no, it was far too painful!
This man hated him so much and seemed to have tried to avoid him a few times already as their paths happened to cross each other just before the morning meeting.
But Paul’s heart kept on beating strangely hard and he didn’t seem to get any peace from this idea. Could it really be what he had to do?
Just at that moment, in the corner of his eye he saw him standing just a few metres away from where he was heading. Was this a God ‘set up’ or what?
Seconds later their eyes connected and Paul knew that there was no turning back now, he had to go through with it. He took a deep breath as he took the last few steps towards the man who seemed to instantly realize that something was about to happen but not sure what.
‘Hi, Paul said. I’m so glad I found you, you know, he continued.’ The man looked rather puzzled as both of them very well knew how their last meeting had ended many years ago.

‘Well, I always wanted to say thank you for helping me in the ministry and I have not been able to do so until now’, Paul continued with a big smile on his face.
Looking right into his eyes, Paul continued to explain how much he been inspired to go on in his calling from God. Had it not been for this man, who knows what would have happened! The man did not know what to say or what to do but just stood there, frozen in surprise.
‘How about a hug’, Paul heard himself say. All this love had come over him that he had not expected and the words just came as he had started to speak not really knowing how all this would turn out.
Moments later, the two men were standing with arms wrapped around each other, tears dwelling up inside of them and years of unfinished business melting away.

If this was the entire purpose for Paul to be at that conference that year, it had been worth everything.

God surely knows how to turn all things for good for those who loves Him.

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