Time...

...stolen for a few minutes of written reflection, little figures that represent sounds which, when put together, comprise ideas of one kind or other. Communication. Always takes time. so much of it I avoid if I can because, well because life is taxing. It is. and so we love people, all people, but self-absorption is always at the door because of the demands of life.

Enter Jesus who said, it seems, "Give yourself away." Even, "Give what you do not have." I have seen this bear out truthfully, and I have seen the painful results of its denial.

Where does this brief spot in time for a reflective meandering end? With this: Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and I find amazing, deep joy (very real, mind you in the demands of life!) in knowing he gives purpose and meaning, truth and beauty, and...redemption!! And...it is an amazing journey -- truly amazing -- to look, look hard, listen 'loudly' in the pursuit of knowing who this amazing man is. Jesus, son of man, Son of God, my Lord and Savior, my friend, my big brother. Anything good, as Dr. Herron used to say, is from him. The 'stuff' of my life is all me. But I ain't looking there. I am looking to, and loving, Jesus. With a happy smile on my face. (Can't you see it in all these figures that represent sound that....)

So happy I ever surrendered my life to Him!