Welcome
to Five Minute Friday.
1.
Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking
(harder than it sounds)
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. Visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. Visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments.
OK,
are you ready? Come on and join the fun!
and the two
shall be one flesh.’
So then they are no more two, but one flesh.
Mark 10:8 (KJ2!)
GO:
Stay…
I realize it is a selfish prayer, "Stay." I cannot know
God's will for our lives and for our marriage, and yet I pray it…"stay."
Just 6 weeks ago the doctors said my beloved had a heart condition that no one
understood and that no one could explain that might take him from me…from us
all.
Seven days in the hospital I stayed with him, at his side, watching him,
praying with him, praying for him…laying on hands. I sent pictures and texts to
our children to keep them close, shielding them from the scary parts and
drawing them close for the good…wanting the good times to stay. Stay.
We are better now, you are better now; stronger but more fragile. As I
watch you move, as I watch you sleep, I remember what The Word tells us…"and
the two shall be one flesh. So then they are no more two but one…" and I
stand on the promise that I cannot live, God please, if it be Your Will, I will
not live well without my own flesh. You, my beloved, are me. We are one. And
so, with a gratitude I didn't know I had before, I live fully in each moment,
staying there until that moment is done. And, with every breath, I whisper to
God, please, Lord, let him stay.
STOP:
