You could say I'm bragging

God is great! Do you know that? I was looking in my Bible for something else and got stopped on Mark chapter 5 because the word "swine" caught my eye. Then I read verse 19 where Jesus heals the wild man possessed by demons, sends the demons to possess the swine and then tells him to "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee." Do you think his friends thought he was bragging? I wonder if they got tired of hearing about it? Don't you bet they'd see him coming and be like "Oh shoot. Here comes "Wild Bill" and he's gonna tell us for the one millionth time about how he met that man Jesus." And one would say, "Everybody already knows that he was crazy and possessed and that for years nobody could even go near him." And the other guys would say, "Yeah, I remember passing out that way when I was a kid and seeing him out there by the tombs screaming and crying and cutting himself all to pieces. Creeped me out." And the first guy would say,"Now he's just a regular dude. Annoying as heck, though, always bragging about what great things the Lord has done. Old news. Can't he just talk about regular stuff?"
I just had to laugh as I imagined what they may have said about him. The devil's been on me lately about this very same thing. He says,"People are sick of hearing you brag. Can't you just talk about other stuff. Do you think you are special or something?"
Well, I am ready to respond to that...Yes, I am special. I prayed to be something special. The Lord has done a miracle in my life. He has given me life when I could have gotten death. I could have gotten months and months of treatments and side effects and weakness and depression. Instead I am feeling great and getting back to normal after only 3 months. God has a reason for all of this. I want to be smack dab in the middle of his will here. I can't just accept the miracle quietly and fade back into my street clothes. I gotta put on my walking shoes and walk it. I gotta get out my megaphone and tell it. I am bragging as loud as I can shout that God did this. God is the one who gets the glory. God has the power to do some pretty powerful stuff. He's just looking for a few good people willing to be used and even though I had only a sad resume and a pitiful list of references, He chose me. Not too many applied for this valley. He chose this valley, He chose me to walk it and then He carried me through it every step of the way. So sorry if I annoy you, but please step back. I've got work to do. We'd be happy for you to join us.