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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Proximity

Life is hectic this week. A project I’m passionate about sits in a bag next to my bed. Every morning I jump over it. Every night I stumble past it. It’s closest to me in the flesh and in my heart. Yet I ignore it.

It’s like this with my husband and children too. They’re nearest to me; precious to my soul. But more often than I care to admit, they are the last ones to get my affection.

John Beeler, the most humble, gentle person and dedicated husband I know gave us this advice after our wedding, “Do what the Bible says. Love your neighbor. And by the way, your spouse is your closest neighbor.”

He refers to when Paul says in Romans 13, “…and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

How would those closest respond if asked, “Do you think I love you as I love myself?”

Maybe I’ll pick up that passion tomorrow. Give my kids undivided attention. And not slip past my husband at night.



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Gifted Quill Devotional
By Nancy Lucas
February 1, 2007

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