July 12,
2012, I wrote in my journal - Today was a good day - holding hands and jumping
in the waves with my grand-daughter Klara. As she held my hands tightly,
she said, "friends stick close together." I thought - You're so right,
Klara, you're so right.
Shortly
before that entry, I had a
dream that I was sharing a message to young adults. I had no plan and I
was anxious. As I looked around the room, I saw people laughing, joking
and having fun. This scripture came to my mind. Proverbs 18:24 “A man who
has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer
than a brother.”
I never
saw Jesus as this type of friend, but this dream spoke to me that He was.
He is relational, enjoyable, and approachable.
Another
important lesson came to me one Sunday through Times Square Church. Mary
and Martha – Martha was concerned with details, Mary was concerned with
relationship. She spared no expense, sharing with not only Jesus, but his
disciples as well. She paid close attention to Him, listening to every
word.
Luke
10:38-42 “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came
to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She
had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.
But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came
to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the
work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered,
“you are worried and upset about many things, but few things
are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not
be taken away from her.”
Details
are good, but relation comes first.
