Matching Moles

Made for Each Other

There is this couple I know. Well, they were  a couple, and as of late, they are split up.  On appearances one might think they were a mismatch; mainly because she being diminutive and he being of a somewhat taller stature. This senior couple's differences did not stop at physical appearances but extended to a lifetime of social, cultural and geographical differences that shape one's personality and character.  The probability that these two people would meet up and come together in a loving relationship, from most analytical perspectives, would have been very low.  It was a special relationship- heavenly in nature- but dragged down by those same gravitational influences we first read about in "Romeo and Juliet",  forces that have been around forever.

There is no question that the one thing our couple had in common was a shared love of the Lord and a strong faith commitment.  They met in Church. They loved each other by holding hands in Church and sneaking kisses in the parking lot. The man believes in his heart there are no coincidences. Coincidences are small miracles and signs from God to his children whose  eyes are open and seeking. (See Jeremiah 29:13)  Here are a few of the small miracles where this man believes Abba was speaking to him.

Shortly before they went on their first date,(She asked him out.), he was given a book to read by a friend about the history of Stock Car racing.  Much of that history and the book centered around a north Georgia town where it turns out her parents were from and where she and her siblings still visit for family reunions. He did not nor does he now take this incident for granted!

One day she came to visit him and he had his Pandora tuned to his Aaron Copeland  Station and the music from Copeland's "Appalachian Spring" came on.  He remembers the watery sparkle in her eyes vividly, for she never cries.  He told her that his favorite hymn was "Lord of the Dance" as Copeland's same Shaker Theme was playing.  She told him that she had always wanted that music played at her wake.  The couple's first real getaway weekend was a springtime waterfall in the Appalachians.  There is no way now that he can hear that grace filled music and not think fondly of her.

He does not remember the first time he noticed or made mention of it, but as they became more and more intimate with each other his fingertips tracing the spinal indentation of the small of her back he noticed a small mole. He was amazed because this mole was the same proportionate size and in the same location as a mole on his own back that he himself had carried around for years.  The two of them have matching moles!  

It is hard for this man to let go of this women.  Every time he believes he  has succeeded in doing so he hears the music or  comes across his notes made about the matching moles and there is a  still small voice inside that says, "Hang on don't give up!"

That man urging this writer to submit this story to "The Standard Chronicles"  is clear indication that he  has not given up.

Persevere my brother, persevere!
Amen

Bradford Bosworth
August 25, 2016


For more about Aaron Copeland and "Appalachian Spring"  or "Lord of The Dance" click to these "Standard Chronicle posts:

American Treasure October 2015

These Simple Gifts May 30, 2016