Were any of the women who followed Jesus ever in love with him? I really don't see how they couldn't have felt an attraction to such a man - as he healed the lame, he healed her. As he spoke words that stirred crowds, he was stirring her.
Jesus has been drawing me from my bed this week to wait for Him and to talk to Him.
At staff devotions this morning, I read a story I wrote two years ago while in Wichita - A Celebration of Dancing Shoes. Two years ago, almost to the week, God gave me a set of dancing shoes to remind me today of His love for me. He doesn't just want to give me food and shelter. He hasn't settled for keeping me alive - He wants to give me good things hidden so deep that I may have even forgotten that I once wanted them.
When I was a little girl, Kim and Jessica were two of my best friends. We spent second through sixth grade together. They had the same birthday in May, and I loved going to their parties, which they always threw jointly. Twice the presents, cake and fun. My birthday was in March, and the only other person with the same birthday in our very small school was Edgar, and he was in eleventh grade. Man, I wanted to have someone to share my birthday with . . .
Eleven years ago, Serge joined our family. He arrived in February - just in time to celebrate our birthdays on March 4. Two years after that, I got a sister for Christmas - Tatiana. That March, we celebrated our birthdays on the same weekend. Tat was born on March 2. It wasn't until the middle of those festivities that the goodness of God sunk in - He had listened, and He had remembered.
And He is listening now. A year from now, I will be able to look back and see the line of grace traced a bit longer and deeper than it lies today. He hears, and He will remember.
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4 comments:
thanks for sharing that story anew! good stuff.
I've always wanted a pair of those shoes. Fun times.
Love you dearest!
I imagine they would have had to be... and I wish we had records of how they reconciled those feelings. We've been talking a lot lately about how time is intimacy for us females, and Jesus offered them both time and attention. How precious.
I enjoyed your "waiting" post as well, as Psalm 37 has (for better or worse) been on my heart for the last year.
wow. when'd you turn into a woman?
he gave you my birthday too! have you forgotten me so soon?
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