My friends

You never know just HOW God will speak to one of your kids!

Something cool just happened in my world:

My son, Travis, who is now a young adult, hasn't been to church with me for quite a few years. He went for a while when he was younger, but there came a point where it was his choice. He was about 14 at the time.

(Parents of teens get to that point sometimes).

He has always been an intellectually curious boy - In particular, he likes science and engineering, and he thoroughly enjoys watching factual videos on YouTube that have given him a great general knowledge.

He's often talked to me about things like space rockets, volcanoes, science experiments, and such like. I grin at him and love the fact he's got that strength. That's my son.

Anyway: Here's what happened this week.

I found out -- to my surprise -- that he has been watching a YouTube channel called Expedition Bible ! On this channel, an archeologist describes how different aspects of the Bible are supported by archeological findings. These videos are well researched, presented in a thoughtful and captivating way, and there are videos on all sorts of things, including:

• Sodom and Gomorrah
• Jesus' tomb
• Nineveh
• Pharoahs in Biblical times
• Moab
• King David
• The Canaanites

... And more!

This week I started to watch the channel myself, and -- WOW -- I'm afraid I have sunk into a binge-watching state, and today will not be going out anywhere. No, instead I will be drinking tea all day and watching this channel. Yes, my friends, today's post is even a little late because I have been busy watching Expedition Bible this morning instead of getting my post up quickly LOL.

In all seriousness, though:

What I most love about this is that I did nothing to make my son go near this topic. Well, not much: It would have helped that over the years he's seen how much I love God and reading the Bible. In that way, he was not brought up rejecting the Bible, so he would have an open heart to start with. But with this channel, he went there off his own bat. And I believe God led him there: God knows how my boy's brain works -- well, God made him so -- and God found him a channel that was the perfect way to reach him and crack open the Word for him.

It's so cool!

SUMites, I believe that God will find similar ways to speak to all of our children. We just might have to be patient.

As a final note, this morning, I sent Travis a WhatsApp saying "Expedition Bible!! Where have I been all my life?! I love it!!!"

He wrote back saying "Good to hear. I've watched pretty much all of them by now."

So I thank God.

My friends, why don't we share in the comments any stories we have of times where God has touched our family members in unexpected ways?

Loads of love to you today

Ann