I can't help it if I'm lucky

The Word for today:
Proverbs 2, 3

mark this: Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

In the Song of Solomon (blush!) God speaks of his Beloved.

Today I'm going to speak about mine.

Despite the sullied life I've led, God has graced me with one true sterling treasure. Her name is Michelle, but no one ever calls her that. Many call her "The Franchise," which is a pro sports term designating the one indispensable member of the team.

She is certainly that, and so much more.

Others call her "The Shellster." The article 'the' confers a uniqueness, an originality, an irreplacability upon the noun that follows it. She is all of that, and so much more.

Our sons call her "Mommy." I call her "Shelley." And because of her, I call myself lucky.

Shelley's favorite verse, her "life verse" from the Bible, is Proverbs 3:5-6:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

Many Christians say they have a "life verse." But among those who say they have one, I say there are some who do and some who don't.

Because to me, a life verse is one you live up to. I, for one, would not claim Proverbs 3:5-6 as my life verse. I might call it a verse I aspire to, but my life does not yet match that verse.

My Shelley's life, however, is the very picture of that verse. Through the miracle of sheer faith, she has turned those words into flesh. And I have been blessed by the LORD Jesus Christ -- for lo, these nearly thirty years -- to have witnessed this incarnation.

I can't say I have a life-verse, but I just showed you my life's miracle.

I can't help it if I'm lucky.

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