BE
A BEAR… ER!
Recently I was driving to a doctor’s
appointment, when I came to a red light, ugh....I sat
impatiently at this light that is ALWAYS a really long one, ugh... again! As I murmured
to myself, like the good Christian that I am, a couple came walking across the
cross walk.
Now this couple looked to be in their
fifties. But what caught my attention was HOW they were walking together. The
gentleman, a completely appropriate description in this case, had his arm
gently under his wife’s arm in a loving, tender effort to assist her along
their walk. But, that was not the only thing that caught my eye; he was also
carrying her rather large purse (and it
did not match his outfit!!).
My heart melted as I watched this couple
cross my path, and I thought to myself how God is like that man, to us. He
gently holds us as we walk our journey, and even carries our purse, and as any
woman can testify, a purse is often a burden, can I hear an amen?!
Then I chuckled to myself as I thought of
the many times my husband would roll his eyes whenever I would ask him to hold
my purse for a minute, he would say, “I don’t want to be seen holding a purse!” It must be a “guy” thing! Then I began to think about how
important it is for us to be like that man, to each other. Not just to our
spouses and family, but to our friends.
So, I would encourage us all to be like
that gentleman-to lovingly and tenderly assist others in their journey, to
assist and to support, hold up and sometimes carry each others burdens. We can
do that by just being there to listen, sometimes to pray for, and maybe
sometimes it means to speak a word of comfort. Whatever it looks like really
doesn’t matter, when it is done in love, the result is the same. Have a great
spring!
Dianne
