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Wonderful Memories
I met a man. He drove a midnight blue ’87 Mazda 626. Maybe I wasn’t the first girl to ride shot-gun , but I would be the last girl sitting next to him for the first time. Forever. Like any great young love story, there are many wonderful memories from time spent in that car (none of which, I can presume, will be making any shades of grey script-just in case you were wondering), but I do have one I need to share with you.
A Cross on the Rearview Mirror
It was there, hanging from the review mirror. It wasn’t shiny, or smooth, or really even pretty, but it was always there. I am still learning, 3 decades later, what this small and consistent token would mean. His story isn’t mine to tell, but his faith is now part of me. This rusty ole’ cross symbolized a changed life, a drastically changed life. The Bible tells us when we are in Christ He makes all things new.
He makes all things new. Faithful.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Cor 5:17
At home without the Lord
While I was growing ever closer to the Lord during my early college years, a couple hundred miles away this guy- who I didn’t know existed, would soon realize how wide and deep ALL THINGS were in his life. As an adult he’d followed footsteps of the only world he knew, never hearing before of Jesus Christ. In fact, almost daily he sat behind two students who faithfully wore denim jackets: a fist with an index finger notating #1 with Jesus next to it would stare back at my future husband leaving an empty memory more permanent than the unforgettable 1970’s embroidery in which it was designed. When a student, your high school years seem to last forever, and in that time neither the guy or girl ever talked to him about the Lord. Like so many young people today, he was growing up in a home without the Lord, without a lot of good things, and with some pretty tough ordinary things.
What if we were faithful to just share the Lord with those next to us?
In the nutshell of my husband’s story we find a life completely changed-not by doctors, prescriptions or psychiatrists (any or all of which easily could have been the world’s remedy), but by Jesus Christ. The very moment he found the Lord, repented of his sinful life and chose to follow Him, his life changed and it changed in every way. HE is faithful.
He is Faithful
If you are married you have probably realized marriage will teach you things about yourself you never knew existed. Nearly thirty years of marriage and I’m sure to have witnessed more of my husband (and myself) than anyone else has on this earth. (Thank You, Lord.) To know my man is to know two things irrefutable: he’s the most loyal diligent, industrious, & conscientious employee to be found, and as a man of God- he is faithful. Not at any time, day or moment has he ever questioned or doubted the Lord in his own life. Not once. Not my husband. He is faithful to his Lord. I married a pretty passive man when it comes to things that really matter, but to question the sincerity of who Christ is in his life will do it every time.
His faithfulness has taught me to be more faithful in little or much.
God has taught me so much. This man the Lord has given me has taught me so much. Not the least of this is faith. I’ve been praying often about this blog and what I want to share of my life with you, and as I was cleaning through some things I found his cross. It always stirs so many thoughts and memories, and usually a prompting to check my own heart: God has been faithful to me. He’s only been faithful. He has always been faithful. Faithfulness is what I’m here to share with you: God is faithful. In every one of my ordinary or less than ordinary moments in life; He is faithful. I am not. Even so, He knows I will fail Him yet He will never change. Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! He is faithful.
Malachi 3:6
I am the Lord God, I never change.
It’s a good time for a loving reminder, rather than spending our lives chasing (fleeting) success,
we are called to live faithfully.
Women living faithfully, imperfectly.
Because the world is hard, but God is good.
How about looking at your own life; do you see God’s faithfulness? I would love to hear!
Thanks for sharing life with me.
