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joycehmaPrayers: 56Requests: 4
November 14, 2016 at 7:58 pmFor lunch today after church I was sitting at a booth at Jack’s Urban Eats by myself. I chose that particular booth because the sunlight was spilling in from the glass front door across the way. I had finished eating, and had started writing in my Bible while communicating internally with God.
A shadow fell over my table, and I looked up to see a little girl smiling shyly. She looked to be about three years old. I couldn’t help but smile, which emboldened her to come closer. She returned my smile and shyly asked, while gesturing to my right: “Who is your friend?” She spoke as though I were seated next to someone extraordinary.
Knowing there was no one seated to my right, I nevertheless looked to where she was looking but saw only the empty bench in my booth. I looked left to make sure she hadn’t mistaken a passerby as my friend, but no one was around.
Her eyes remained transfixed on the seat to my right. Realizing she was seeing our Lord I told her: “My friend’s name is Jesus.” Her face broke out in a broad smile, and she squirmed with self-conscious delight, the way children do when praised. Just then, her parents called her so she waved and said goodbye to the both of us as they left.
It happened so fast. I didn’t feel goosebumps, and there were no singing angels–just the bustling rush of lunch hour on Sunday. The exchange lasted a moment but I won’t forget it.
She spoke with the assurance and honesty of a child who had seen a physical person sitting next to me. As I reflected on what happened, it was the wonderment in her voice, and the reflection of his beauty on her face that I couldn’t forget. She saw him, and it filled her with delight. He is truly God With Us, at every moment, quotidian or extraordinary.
jtylerk9Prayers: 1512Requests: 7
November 15, 2016 at 11:52 amGod With Us…… YES HE IS!!! great post.
tammymarie1Prayers: 33Requests: 3
November 15, 2016 at 1:12 pmBeautiful. That little girl was an angel sent from above. You were truly blessed with this holy encounter and I thank you so much for sharing it because it reminds me to always keep my eyes and ears open to possible divine encounters like this for myself. Yes, God is always with us, but isn’t it nice when he sends us reminders, especially in the form of adorable little girls? 🙂 Thank you, Abba Father. Your love is truly amazing.
joycehmaPrayers: 56Requests: 4
November 15, 2016 at 2:23 pmThanks for sharing my joy ? We serve a living God, who knows us fully and loves us more than we dare to believe.
Watching that little girl’s face light up while transfixed on his face changed something in me. Her little dress twisted about in the sunlight as she delightedly bent sideways and then in a half-twirl, half-curtsy because she knew she was seen and loved by this beautiful being and she could hardly contain herself. The whole time, she couldn’t take her eyes off of him.
Like her, when I am aware of who I am because of him the knowledge overwhelms and delights. As we become adults this also brings at times a greater awareness of how undeserving we are. It is hard to believe we are loved that much. Yet like the little girl all it takes is to gaze upon his beauty to know our worth. We are his beloveds, filled with his Holy Spirit, bought at the highest price possible, in exchange for the Holy Son of God.
He delights in us, and emboldens us to embrace the beauty that he is making more evident in us with each passing day. We carry his light in this world. When we love and serve others we give back to him what he has given us.
Oh Lord, we cannot contain our praise and worship of you. May your love spill forth from us. May all the world know your salvation and “catch” your infectious love. May we all be living lights, boldly loving all you have given us to love and serve. May we delight in our preciousness to you, the Living God, Emmanuel, God With Us.
tammymarie1Prayers: 33Requests: 3
November 17, 2016 at 2:07 pmAmen and amen!
simplify44-infoPrayers: 63Requests: 11
November 18, 2016 at 9:30 amWow! God give us all eyes to see you like that little child!
SheilaTPrayers: 2920Requests: 24
December 8, 2016 at 2:29 pmAwesome!! Thank you Jesus for you are always with us.
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