Not so Random Thoughts

Yesterday I was driving to my small group meeting. On the way there I decided to turn off the radio and before I knew it a song popped into my head and I was singing away. The song? A random choice, or so I thought. It was a song I sang in church when I was a 6th grader. Here's the words (at least the ones I can remember):

Like as a father, filled with compassion.
So the Lord has mercy on those who fear him.

It was a pretty simple song in some ways. Although there were about four different parts that we sang. It was such a great song. The thing I was thinking to myself as I drove was - why in the world is this particular song in my head at this particular moment.

I figured it out during small group.

We are continuing our study of prayer. Yesterday one of the things that stuck out to me was when one person shared that she knows when random things or people (or in my case songs?) pop into her head she's supposed to pray about them. At first the skeptical side of me said: "that is just a coincidence!"

But then as our study guide led us into a time of group prayer. Our prayer started with a few verses from Psalm 103. Can you guess what the words of Psalm 103 were? I know, I know - the suspense is killing you! Check this out:

As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

The skeptical side of me is tempted to call it a random coincidence. But the part of me that is trying to grow in relationship to this compassion father is telling me its not so random after all.

So this week my prayer is that I will pay attention to the subtle (or not so subtle) ways that God is communicating with me. Wow! Thanks be to God.