Hills + Valleys | The Whisperer | 1 Kings 19:9-18 | Week 5

Guest Speaker: Author and Spiritual Director Liz Ditty

If you could have the 100% complete and honest answer to any question this morning, what would you ask?  When I was twelve, I only had one burning question, and that was.....Does Jonathan Green have a crush on me?  Fortunately, I was a child of the 80's, so my cousin had the foolproof thing that could give me my answer.   The magic 8 ball.  I must have shaken this thing thirteen times, and it always came up doubtful.  The truth is Jonathan Green never had a crush on me.  I'd like to think that's because early on God knew that He had Mike Ditty, who was going to be the perfect man to walk with me through all the ups and downs of life.  That Mike's best friend, Rob Colwill, would be the best man in our wedding.  That he and his wife, Kristine, would speak wisdom and life into our marriage years before he became an elder here at South.  That if Jonathan Green had gotten in the way, we might not be here this morning.  I'd like to think that it's that well thought out, but the truth is I was a quirky kid and I cut my own bangs and I'm pretty sure that had a lot to do with it.

As that little girl grew up, my questions grew up with me.  I wanted to know why it was so hard to make friends and why I was so lonely all the time.  I wanted to know why, when I finally got my dream job, I didn't actually like it.  I wanted to know why I couldn't make my family look like I wanted it to look like.  I wanted to know what success actually looked like in my life and how I would know I had it.  None of those questions could be answered by two words on a 20-sided dice.  Today, we're going to rediscover the most important questions that we have and the best place that we can take them.  I think Elijah can help us...