Dreams Confirmed
Prayer- it’s one thing to
pray for others. Quite another thing entirely to be prayed for- I don’t know if
there is another way to express love to deeply or to be more vulnerable. That
is of course if you choose to-
For many years I have held
tightly to well-- pretty much anything and everything personal. To bare my
heart is terrifying. To be vulnerable with my emotions is shameful.
This last year, I learned the
delight of having a friend whom I have trusted entirely. One I could share my
heart, my story, and my life with and still feel safe. My best friend, my
husband; though I know he is not perfect and will let me down, I do know that
he has my best interest at heart.
This journey has unlocked
something in me; A stirring—a call to open and to be vulnerable—to allow God’s
people to come around me and join them in deep community.
I experienced pieces of this
with my flat mates, again with the schoolmates in Italy, and now here again in
Belgium.
Incarnate community created
to create to reflect His creativity; safely cast by the love of our Lord God.
In this safety, I was able to
let my guard down and be vulnerable in my fears of the future and the decisions
we have looming ahead of us. And I was able to receive the blessing of being
prayed for—the blessing of love being poured out as the tears streamed down our
faces and tissues were passed round the room.
The most precious moment of
the outreach was to watch my husband and best friend do the same; to share a dream
confirmed.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him
who brings good news, who publishes peace,
who brings good news of happiness, who publishes
salvation,
who says to
Zion, “Your God reigns.”
(Isaiah 52:7 ESV)
