Matthew 18: 19-20 “I also tell you this: If two of you agree down here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I am there among them.”

Two human hearts agreeing, because they are His.

My daughter Leigha has to switch schools AGAIN this year. Many of you remember the story of how I found the school that she has gone to for the past 4 years. Just the cliff note version for those of you who may not know it: Leigha is a special needs child with learning disabilities. Finding a school that is right for a “no special needs” child is hard enough but for a child like Leigha, there are few to no choices. Four years ago, I sat in a chapel with tears streaming down my cheeks asking God’s help because Leigha had not only been crushed by her school situation, but the child’s spirit was broken. Her spirit was broken. The air conditioning in the chapel caused the pages of the hymnal that was lying on the pew to blow, I kid you not, and it landed on a hymn called O Morning Star. The school God had picked for Leigha was Morning Star School. In addition, let me tell you --God knows what He is doing -- it was heaven on earth for Leigha. The irony in that story was that after that miraculous sign, there were no openings at the school when I applied. Therefore, with nothing but faith, I held on. With no solid proof, I held on. With people saying, “You need to find a plan B!” -- I held on. Why?

There was no one on earth, that could tell me for certain that there would be an opening at that school, when there appeared to be none. That is true enough. I stood alone in that. In fact, there were plenty of witness’ to the contrary-- that there indeed was no space for Leigha there.

Yet I stood alone in this as well: There was no one on earth that could tell me there would not be an opening after what I had witnessed in that chapel.

I had no witness to that truth -- I just knew. Sometimes you just have to trust your own heart. In addition, remember this:

John 8: 15-19 “………..because I am not alone - I have with me the Father who sent me. Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact. I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”

I did not need another human being to agree with me. I just knew. The truth was so firmly imbedded in my heart because I had another witness to that truth: God was my witness. God IS my witness. There is no more powerful truth than that which you know is God’s.

Once again, Leigha has to switch schools. This time in my search, there were no “talking hymnals”. There were no miraculous signs. It was a much quieter search with God. It was more internal -- just listening to my heart and God speaking to me there. In addition, trusting that, And once again when I finally chose a school -- the school my heart told me to choose -- there was no space for Leigha. The chances were very slim that she could get in there, as these schools are very small and have very few openings.

I was sharing this story of the new school with a friend of mine and saying again how I have no plan B, and it’s weeks past when they were supposed to notify incoming students that they have been accepted…….. and I had heard nothing. I had no witness to what I believed - that she would get in. I had no proof. Yet, while my head was hearing how entirely stupid I sounded for not looking further, my heart was still. While my head was searching for some solid proof that she would get in and finding none, my heart was in that state of “knowing”. “Knowing”, without proof. “Knowing” even when you look like an idiot and people are saying “Linda, maybe you should keep looking....” “Knowing.” My heart was in a solid state of knowing. Solid as a rock, you might say. “Knowing”-------- is FAITH.

As I shared the story of the newest school that still had no opening, my friend said something in passing that touched my heart deeply. She said “Linda, I have never, ever known you to “know something in your heart” --to be this sure -- and it didn’t come to be.” She had faith in my faith. That helped a lot. As I waited in faith, “knowing in my heart” yet with absolutely no proof, no witness, I remembered:

“I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”

God was my witness. God IS my witness. There is no more powerful truth than that which you know is God’s.

Matthew 18 says : Two human hearts agreeing, because they are His.

John 8 says: One human heart …AND HIS.

Time will tell.

Two human minds agreeing ---- now that’s a different story. Let’s see how that works. Like in this story that instills a little humor while making a point about human witness’.

Last week I purchased one of those phones where there are no monthly fees and you don’t have to sign over an internal organ to activate it. It is the type where you just buy minutes to use and I bought it strictly for my “almost 18 year old son” Kyle to keep with him, because the guy is hard to keep track of and planting a chip in his fur wasn’t an option with the insurance that he has. (that was a joke people)

The easiest way to activate the phone, so it is more than just a paperweight, is to go online and do it. I have been honest in saying technology is not my strong suit.

“Kyle!!!! Can you activate this phone???”

So he goes on the computer and after filling out a 2 hour survey and clicking on every square inch of the computer screen, he comes to me and says, “It’s done. It’s all set up. Here’s my new phone number.” And then he leaves the room to get something to eat, because that is what teenage boys do.

So I thank him and look down at the paper where he wrote his new number and it has an area code, that is none I have ever heard of. Which means, according to this area code, that my son lives, as close as I can estimate: in Kansas. But he doesn’t -- he lives here in Florida. I asked his sister Leigha if she saw Kyle standing there in this house in Florida and she said yes, so it must be so. I had a witness.

“Um, Kyle? Did you notice that this is a long distance area code? So anytime I want to call to check on you I have to call another state???”

It didn’t seem to really bother Kyle. Kyle is pretty laid back. So I set out to get another witness. I called a friend who had the exact same phone and asked “I know this is a stupid question, but is your phone number a local number or do you have to call your son across the country???” Hers was a local number.

“Kyle, you need to call the 800 number, get a human being, and straighten this out. Obviously something went very wrong in the set up process and they think you live in Kansas. If you are not planning on moving there in the near future, I think we are entitled to a local number and they need to fix it.”

He calls the 800 number and after punching in 2,000 digits and saying “yes” equally as many times, he hangs up the phone. I asked, “Did they fix it?” to which he states, “No, they said it is fine with this area code.”

He returns to the fridge, because like I said it didn’t really seem to bother him, and frankly now he had a witness that said it was just fine with a Kansas area code.

Two witness’ = one truth???? I don’t think so!

To end this “two human minds agreeing” story, let’s just say Kyle now has a phone number with only 7 digits.

To end the “two human hearts agreeing because they are His-- or one human heart And His” (Leigha’s new school story) -----time did tell.

Leigha will be attending the school God told me in my heart. No miraculous signs this time. Nothing but just in my heart “knowing”.

Two witness’ = one truth. “I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”