What brought Karla and I together, first and foremost, was our joint and equal passion for spiritual wholeness...not just for us, for all of us. At a recent gathering of believers which we join every Sunday morning, someone said that it is time to stop acting like Christians and start acting like Jesus. Amen to that.
There is a story in the Bible book of John where a guy had been crippled several decades, and he sat next to a pool with healing powers. It was believed that from time to time an angel came and stirred the water, and the first person into the water would be healed. The problem is, he had no one to help him into the pool when the miracle came. It occurs to me there was a faith issue too: It would take a tremendous amount of chutzpah for a crippled person to dive into a pool; his dream of wholeness could well be his worst nightmare. Jesus came along and told the guy to stand up and walk. He did and was healed. The problem was Jesus did this on a Sabbath (Holy) day when no work such as doing miracles was allowed by the religious leaders of the community. Jesus loved to screw with religious folks, Men in fancy clothes who had an appearance of truth yet repeatedly missed the point.
So much of our life we think, if we could just get that degree, or that job, or that lover, or that kid out of diapers and into kindergarten, THEN WE COULD.... To often we, crippled by our desire to be better, which is noble, miss the opportunity standing right in front of us. Wherever we are, whatever we are doing, there is no better time than NOW. My friend, join us; let's stand up and walk, and walk together (and screw the religious folks who say we can't).
We are Kel and Karla, and we love you, no matter what.
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