The Path That Brought Me Here
Jesus didn’t meet me beside a well, He met me in a funeral home…
I love the story of the woman at the well, in John 4. When Jesus met her, her life was a mess but Jesus met her right where she was, not with judgment and condemnation, but with an invitation. An invitation to discover THE spring of living water that will never leave her thirsty again.
She doesn’t understand at first, but He persists and finally she understands that He is offering her Himself. And then she can’t wait to go back to invite the whole town, “Come and see a man…” That man is Emmanuel, God with Us.
He left the glory of heaven and willingly confined Himself to an earthly body. Simply because He loved us beyond our wildest imagination and He wanted us with Him. God doesn’t need us, but He sure does want us. He created us, in His image, to reflect His glory.
My story is a lot like the woman at the well. Not the details, but the searching, the thirst, the not knowing where life is really found. Jesus met me in a funeral home where my hero, my grandfather Pop Charlie was. A man at his funeral said, “He was the man most like Jesus that I’ve ever known.” And that was when I understood. All those years, when my grandfather loved me so well, he was showing me where to find life, he was pointing me to the spring of living water.
And now, my greatest desire is to invite you to come and see our God who is always with us. He holds us securely in His nail scarred hand. He loves us beyond our wildest imagination.
Is He hard to see sometimes, especially when life hurts? Definitely! But because He doesn’t feel like He’s with us, doesn’t mean He isn’t. Over the years, I’ve learned to see Him in so many ways and my desire now is to invite you to walk with me from time to time, to come and see. These pages are simply places where I’ve discovered Holy Ground. My hope is that as I share those places, you’ll start to find more sacred places on your own journey.
Psalm 111:2-3 NLT says, “How amazing are the deeds of the LORD! All who delight in Him should ponder them. Everything He does reveals His glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails.”
Everything… EVERYTHING… reveals His glory and majesty! As we learn to watch for Him, we discover He’s been with us all along.
My prayer isn’t that you’ll read my blog. My prayer is that you will read and see the glory and majesty of God who is always with us. And that you will start to see Him even more in your own life. He loves us with a love we can’t begin to fathom. He knows us in ways we can’t begin to understand and experience has taught me, He speaks to us in ways that are personal and intimate.
Ultimately, I hope, like the woman at the well, you’ll come and see THE One who changed my life, even when I thought change was impossible. And that you’ll realize, He can do the same for you.
Come & See,
Sharla
