Tuesday, May 26, 2015
There are people like Noah in the Bible and we don't really know who they are because they are just abstracts sketched with phrases like "they walked with The Lord." My (great) Aunt Betty helped make the abstract real for me. She walked with the Lord. I will always remember her bear hugs (she had the strength one gets from a lot of hard work on the farm), the way she gripped my hands after a sermon and reemphasized a point (saying it much better than I did), and her endless supply of love for everyone (she could get super mad, but still love ya). She knew exactly what was going on around her, but her eyes were always fixed on Jesus.
"Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be."
Even though I write this in tears, I am happy she gets to see The Lord while walking with Him. We still walk by faith. She now walks by sight.
"...then we shall see face to face". (1 Corinthians 13:12)
