Yesterday, I spoke with my Linda, who is recovering from a severe ankle
injury. She mentioned that it was in the 70's in New Jersey and I just
smiled and said it about 90 in Florida. I could tell from her voice that
she was happy to be out of the heat, and I wish I was there to share
the cooler weather with her, but, alas, that doesn't seem to be in the
near future. So, Linda and I talked and though thousands of miles
apart, we were close. She understood how hot Florida can be and I
remembered what 70 felt like. Fellowship; it comes in all
temperatures. Where the heart is- there you will find the commonality
that only love can comprehend. And so we come to this passage from the
book of 2 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians, Chapter 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who
comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those
who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves
are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ. 6 But
if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are
comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient
enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
Love,
it really does change things. Perhaps not the physicality of reality,
but the perception does change. To me, for awhile yesterday, I WAS IN
NEW JERSEY, enjoying the fall temperatures, talking with the love of my
life- and happy. Today, I am reminded by the elevated mercury of my
thermometer, that Florida is reality. But the memory of those few
minutes with my sweetie is like a gentle breeze that changes
everything. I wonder if that is how God feels when we spend time with
HIM in PRAYER? I know that prayer is a soothing aroma ascending to
heaven, but I am curious as to whether or not God has a fan directing it
towards his face? If so, that must be some whopping electric bill HE
has each month!!!
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