Spiritually Overwhelmed?

Is being spiritually overwhelmed possible? Maybe that is not a good choice of words, maybe "in awe of all the Lord is doing" is better. However you say it I just have this overwhelming sense of amazement at the work of our God.

While on vacation (details on Kennedy Connection) I got a phone call from a very good friend with very awesome news... She is now not only my friend, but also my sister in Christ! After years of praying, many, many prayers were answered. So many things are happening so fast in her life that it is obviously the work of God.

I have also been doing a study in Luke... just a week after the news of my friend I come upon the parable of the soils in Luke 8... v.15 "As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the Word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience." WOW... bearing fruit with patience!! It has taken literally years for this friend of mine, but with patience, I finally saw that fruit! Something about this whole situation strengthens my confidence in the my Lord and all that He promises.

So here is another "a-ha" type thing going on... Before Miles and I moved to Wichita we read a book written by the President (and founder) of World Impact, Keith Phillips. It is called "Out of Ashes" and kind of chronicles the beginning of World Impact and the love and compassion he had/has for the inner city, poor people of America. As we read his book we kept saying "that's us... that's what we should be doing... that is why we grew up the way we did...", we knew the Lord wanted to us to minister to others who are going through things we had. So then a couple weeks ago Miles "randomly" finds this video by a guy named Francis Chan. We thought his name sounded familiar so we began doing a little research... He is on the national board for WI. He has also written a book, "crazy love". We began reading it the first day of vacation. The title sums up the book... the love of God is crazy, the love we have for God is crazy, the things this love causes us to do is crazy... all in a good way of course. Two sentences out of this book have been tattooed on my mind so to speak.

"Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy. Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers." (crazy love, Chan, pg 114-115)

This book is exactly what my heart needed almost 2yrs after moving to Wichita...
Thank You Lord