Finding Family
Thursday, July 26, 2012 Posted by Sara
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I stare at a blank computer screen, internally wrestling
with the Lord. I’m not sure why this week I’m finding it so difficult to write
about family. It's something I’m
extremely passionate about – I love my immediate family, though they live
thousands of miles away from me. But can I be honest?
I’m drawing a blank. And I can’t pilfer stories
from my own family because I don’t have one. I’m 31 and single, and I suppose
you could say I’m “between families” at
the moment.
I know what I should say, as a single. I know the message my life has taught me –
the importance of building community and reaching out to those who need
“family” and forging my own. But, tonight, the message is a little tiresome to
me. It’s as if the same song has
been playing continuously for over ten years and I’m just ready for someone to
change the station.
As I pray about my lackluster heart, I picture myself
sitting on a small wooden bridge over a small creek. I’m dangling my legs, waiting and weary,
wondering if God might give me insight into a new message for my post. I see Jesus calmly and quietly walk to the
bridge and sit down beside me. He
doesn’t say a thing, just turns to me and smiles, dangling His feet over the
edge of the bridge.
He doesn’t have to say a thing. All He needed to speak I heard when He simply
sat down next to me.
There we sit. Two of
us, waiting for a wedding and searching for a family. Two of us knowing the importance of finding
family with those God places around us, in letting them be a part of our
journey and letting us be a part of theirs.
There we sit, dangling our feet, two of us, as single as single can
be.
And I find I’m in good company.
To my single friends out there, young and old, yes, hear the
underlying message of the importance of fostering family with the people around
you both singles and families, but know it’s okay to have a family appointment
with the Son and just quietly remember, He understands, He’s been there, and He
gets it.
“For we do not
have a high priest
who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses..” Hebrews 4:15
