Sitting By the Pool

Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend Special Meetings (aka church retreat) on Whidbey Island. The setting was amazing the and we couldn't have asked for better weather. I will admit however, that I was a little apprehensive about attending something called "Special Meetings." ;)
The first night I managed to skip out on singing Kubaya by the campfire under the guise of "helping" Angela and Justin get people checked in. On Saturday I was on both the breakfast and the dinner crew so that helped me conveniently skip out on a few other gatherings.
On our way out to the Island Angela had asked me what I hoped to get out of the weekend. I believe my answer went something along the lines of "I don't know." The only thing I knew was that God told me I had go. One night before we went to bed I think I even said that I didn't really expect anything incredibly "spiritual" to happen to me that weekend. "Special Meetings just have so many people and so much that is distracting that I just don't expect an 'epiphany'. Maybe I'm just here to support others and that's just fine."
Sunday morning rolled around and once again it was time for church. When the speaker began to talk about the crippled man sitting by the Pool of Bethesda I was stunned. Angela looked straight at me at the point and I knew she was thinking exactly what I was thinking. Just read a few entries back to the "Pink Kool Aid" entry! He went on to talk about waiting upon the Lord and reading ones self for healing the wholeness that comes from knowing Jesus and seeking Him.
Here I was sitting by pool once again getting a Son burn! It felt pretty good actually.
Malachi 4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.