God's crooked ways are straighter than our straight ways

I had a conversation with Dave Pollard this morning during breakfast at the Discovery Men’s retreat. He shared with me a story about a missionary who served in Brazil for 20 years.

This young man was called by God to Muslim ministry. He studied & learned Arabic and prepared for his move to a Muslim country. As he pursued one option after another, each door was closed.

He ended up going to Brazil to train Brazilians to go to Muslim countries because Brazilians are more accepted in Muslim countries than Americans - and he spent 20 years doing that!

As a result, he probably impacted more Muslims than he would/could have if he had gone to a Muslim country on his own.

The “crooked way” of God led to a greater fruit-bearing than man’s “straight way.”

“God’s (seemingly) crooked ways are straighter than our straightest ways.”