Our lives haven’t exactly been a whirlwind of activity since
my last report, although we’ve added four places to our kissing list: church
(after the service, not during); my sister Shanon’s house (with an audience of
extended family); the sidewalk outside the Learning Centre where Jon works
(where one of the students happened to be walking by and was no doubt grossed
out); and the back seat of our friends Shaun and Tracy’s car. They were
completely scandalized.
Besides adding to our kissing exploits, we’ve checked off
just one item from our list of forty things to celebrate our fortieth year of
marriage. We did it together with Shaun and Tracy, which is how we ended up in
their car.
The four of us discussed the movie over crepes afterwards and
on the hour-long ride home. We agreed it was well done, well cast, filled with
hope, and true to the book. My favorite part is when Jesus is trying to coax
Mac to get out of the boat, and Mac is afraid. He's seen scary things in the water.
“You are imagining a future without me in it,” Jesus says. “Such
a thing does not exist.”
That’s exactly it, isn’t it? Every time we’re worried or
afraid or simply cannot face another day, we are imagining a future without Jesus
in it. And such a thing does not exist.
When I look back over my life, every moment—from the best to
the most rotten—he’s been there. Even when I doubted his presence. So why
should I think there will be any moments or days or tragedies in my future
where Jesus will not be there to see me through? How I need this reminder!
Stay tuned for more anniversary adventures throughout 2017.
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