Houston, we have divine providence.
Worship leader Brooke Ligertwood, known for songs like “A Thousand Hallelujahs” and “Bless God,” opened up on social media Sunday about an incredible encounter she had, meeting, on a campus in Texas, a woman from Ukraine who came across a video of Ligertwood years earlier saying she would like to one day study theology.
After the Ukrainian woman, Ksusha, saw the clip, she began praying earnestly for Ligertwood to have the opportunity to do just that, and God answered her prayer.
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Ksusha has been studying remotely for her doctorate, periodically traveling to the U.S. to attend classes. It just so happened Ligertwood, thanks to a few favors from friends, was on the campus of Lanier Theological Library and Learning Center to audit a doctoral intensive taught by Dr. Lynn Cohick, a New Testament scholar.
“I am – to be blunt – poorly educated,” wrote Ligertwood. “I just like reading. I’ve loved Scripture since the moment I was saved within its pages. I was mentored by the copious amounts of mostly lay theology (C.S. Lewis, Bonhoeffer, Tozer, St. Augustine, etc.) I gorged on as a young studio/touring musician on the road and since, but, formal study has not yet been part of my path.”
That was until she was invited to Lanier.
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