“Magi Moments” Create My Perfect Space For Reading and Writing

I just read this wonderful blog post written by someone I don’t know named Ivan. Reading it was a powerful “Magi Moment.”

“Ivan.” (What do I see?) I see the name of my next-door neighbor who arrived with his family (4 adults and 5 children) from southern Mexico a year and a half ago. Ivan pronounces his name differently–“E-von.” Ivan and his family didn’t speak English. (He has since learned some.) I had started seriously learning Spanish 9 months before their arrival.

At first my wife and I were not happy that so many people had crowed into the very small side of the duplex next door because we share a common driveway with them. Then God told her to bake muffins to take and welcome them. We knocked on their door and welcomed them to the neighborhood with muffins and Spanish words. Their faces lit up as they physically embraced us.

Their new house was empty except for a small table. So, we went home and began to bring chairs, food, sleeping foam, blankets, towels, and anything we could find to help them get settled. Then we told a prayer group and also a Spirit-led share group about them. People from those two groups began to spontaneously bring beds, mattresses, a couch, fresh produce, pots and pans, deer meat, and much more. Soon Ivan and his family had everything they needed.

It was amazing to see God work in and through strangers’ hearts to bring about such wonderful provision. My family has now been extended. Ivan calls me “hermano” and his children are like grandchildren to my wife and me. They love Jesus and that makes them literally our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Thank God that the leading of the Holy Spirit came clearly to my wife and empowered us to override the initial feelings of our flesh. As I think back, I see Romans 8:14 in action. God continually reminds me to follow the “perfect light” of the star of the His Spirit as I “traverse afar” “in spirit and in truth.”

I’ve been learning to live in magi moments. Throughout each day Jesus fills my heart with wonder, brightness, and joy. A commercial Christmas is about collecting new stuff. Christ is about creating a new you through magi moments. Don’t forget to unwrap the presence of Jesus today–to listen to His still small voice in your heart and do what He tells you to.