A Husband-Wife Conversation
December 21, 2023
Here's a scene from this week in our house -- It was a crazy little spiritually mismatched scene.
Bryce is sitting at the table, doing some work. I'm on the couch in my pyjamas, reading the Bible.
A song pops into my head that I really wanted to listen to.
Me: "Mind if I put a song on?"
Bryce: "Is it a Christian power ballad?"
Me: "Yes."
Bryce: "Then that probably would bother me. Perhaps you can wait till I've gone?"
I think he was thinking about the noise and intensity of it interrupting his work rather than the Christian side of it. Anyway, I got up, took the portable speaker into the bathroom, started to straighten my hair and listened to the song in there with the door closed.
Turns out it was a longgggg song ... So eventually with freshly straightened hair I emerged with the speaker in hand, the song still playing, and headed into the bedroom to dress. My hubby was now there too, getting ready to leave.
The song played on .....
Open the scroll, break the seal, worthy one.
Open the scroll, break the seal, worthy one.
You are holy.
Lord God Almighty.
I could feel the gentle presence of God, like a breeze, and the song filled our bedroom.
"I love God!" I burst out to Bryce. He smiled and paused.
Bryce: "Yeah, I just can't relate. I just can't imagine loving someone you can't actually ..... see."
Me: "I suppose he puts it in you. It's the Holy Spirit, he deposits the love in you. He does it all, and then you can't really help feeling that way about him."
Bryce: "I guess so."
And off he went to work.
Yep, there we have it, just a normal day in a spiritually mismatched home. Well, it was not normal because there are no normal days. What's more, when we talk about things of the Spirit with our spouse - a feat that happens rarely -- it will always be a seed that will bloom.
Meanwhile, here's the song -- and on this lovely Friday evening I'm going to put it on now and enjoy it once again.
Love you all!
Ann