I had another one of those

"moments" this week. Those utterly phenomenal

periods of time when you know if you died immediately

afterwards, your life would be complete. I don't know

when I started having such experiences, but I do know how

blessed I am. I know that many individuals live their

whole lives and never feel so complete.

Such moments, or periods of

time, differ from a mountaintop experience. They may be

what happens due to a melding of the mountaintops and the

valleys. They may be the result of being willing to bloom

where you are planted. By that, I mean recognizing your

God-given talents and using them for His glory anywhere

and anytime you can.

Actually, I don't know how

they happen. I just know that when they do, I am

exhilaratingly happy, and always I am left thinking,

"It just can't get any better than this!"

But this past week, when I

had my latest moment, I could only cry. I've told you a

hundred times or more that tears are such a tremendous

release for sadness and joy. I ache for the man or woman

who cannot cry.

So, I cried after the

attorney left my house. He had called the day before to

ask about buying 20 copies of the little book, "What

IS Love?" that I published in May. I asked why he

wanted them. I mean, wouldn't you have wanted to know why

a "lawyer" would make such a request? Think

about it.

He wanted to take the books

to Trinec, in Eastern Europe. They would be gifts for

those individuals to whom he and his team would be

ministering over the next two weeks during a Professional

English Language Conference. Never heard of Trinec?

Neither had I. It is six hours east of Prague and the

home of one of the world's largest steel manufacturing

plants.

For eight years this

attorney has been a member of International Messengers.

Above their logo on a brochure he gave me is written:

"How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good

news." And below that the question is posed,

"How will the world find Christ if no one will go

tell them?"

The organization was

founded in 1984 by Robert Rasmusson as a branch of Oak

Hills Fellowship in Bemidji, Minnesota. In 1985, the

ministry began sending short-term mission teams to

Western Europe, then expanded to Eastern Europe and parts

of Asia in 1986. The English Language Camps have been the

primary evangelistic tool used by the organization since

1985. In 1989, International Messengers began to place

full-time missionaries and national staff in Eastern

Europe to assist with the camps and the discipleship of

new believers.

The attorney who came to my

house is one of more than 200 short-term missionaries who

are committed to this cause. Once I heard his story and

the number of people his group will be teaching, I gave

him 70 books instead of selling him 20. I like the number

70. Remember, we are talking about "What IS

Love?" here. My little book will be used to help

teach conversational English in the name of the Lord... I

was speechless.

also is a pilot for a flying ministry who transports

gravely ill patients around the country, and they need

nurses. Sometimes they need pilots or mechanics, but

right now they need nurses who will volunteer to assist

on some of these mercy flights. If interested call me at

770-460-5000 and I will put you in touch with this most

interesting attorney.

And yes, he's got a real

shingle, I saw it. So sometimes he practices law, too.

But he has discovered the real secret to happiness, the

kind of happiness that leaves you knowing if you died

today, your life would be complete, and so you won't

always find him behind his desk or in a courtroom. No,

he's too busy enjoying all the "moments" with

which God has blessed him, too, as he ministers in every

way he knows how. Oh, I forgot to tell you, he also sings

with a Gospel quartet. He left a tape with me. Not bad!

I'm telling you, this guy

could almost single-handedly dispel every lawyer joke you

ever heard. Please pray for him and those to whom he

reaches out in the name of Jesus Christ. And pray that my

little book, which he will take with him next week into

Eastern Europe, will help to spread the message of God's

love all around the globe. Like I said, "it just

doesn't get any better than this..."