A Devotion for the Day

Not Seeing Each Other Any More

Proverbs 3:5

There was a couple who met late in life. Both had been married and divorced, one more than once. Each had children and one had grandchildren. I am not completely certain but my guess is that they were deep in love with each other.  From a distance it looked that way, so I have been told. They did many things together and shared themselves with simple honesty and had a bond with the Holy Spirit- a divine connection.

If you talked to the man he would tell you his most cherished moments of the relationship were holding hands at mealtime and saying a graceful blessing together.  He would read to her at nighttime and she would fall asleep in his arms.  If you talked with the woman she would most likely tell you her favorite moment was holding hands in Church; with his reading to her at night a close second. After the first time with him in Church, she said that she had been waiting all her life to hold hands in Church with the special man in her life.  He was taken by that expression of affection.

These days one would not necessarily consider senior citizens proficient at or artful with communication via texting.  This couple had a simple and mutually smile inducing daily text exchange.  She typing out and sending, “Hey” and he replying with “Hi” or vice versa.  A day without this exchange was cause for concern.  Sadly, towards the end there were more days than not without “Hi” and “Hey”.

They had periods along the way where their connection would stretch and weaken but it would always come back together.  Then one day the world intruded and would not go away. As they began to rely more and more on their own understanding the divine connection frayed. Their relationship began to unravel ever more quickly. “Hi” and “Hey” vanished, washed away with tears.   In the final analysis the couple still loved each other but they were not seeing each other anymore.

Yahweh lead us back to the garden where we trust in you with all our heart, and in that place we would notice all your markers set before us and see each other foreve.  Amen

Bradford Bosworth
July 2016



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