i write dramas. skits, plays, whatever. i also perform and direct drama at church. i love being on stage and i feel most at home when i'm performing something that is God-breathed that i have written. it's what i was born to do. unfortunatley, there's no money in it where i live..so instead i do it to bring honor to my Creator, my Savior. i do it in hopes that someone's life will be touched and what they see on stage will forever stay in their spirit and heart. so very often, i am approached by people that tell me how much i ministered to them through a skit, whether i wrote it, directed it, or performed it. i'm humbled every time because it thrills me that a holy God has chosen to use what i LOVE to do and use it for HIS Kingdom!!
so this morning, when i was approached by a man i had never seen (who apparently sits 2 rows behind me every sunday), i was positive he was going to tell me something to the effect of, "i just want to let you know how much i enjoy what you do on stage," or something of that nature. but he didn't.
this elderly man of probably early 70s gets in my face, practically nose to nose. i can see every freckle, wrinkle, and liver spot on his face, i can even see my reflection in his bifocals. what he says blessed me more than any accolade i could have received for any acting performance. he said to me, "i just want to let you know what joy i find in the way you love on your daughters, and the way they love you back. every sunday i watch you and your girls, and it's such a breathe of fresh air the way you are with them. when i was your age, i was too busy telling my children to be quiet or sit down, but we didn't love on each other the way you do with one another."
i thought i would cry right then. this man, whom i'd never seen, sitting two rows behind me in church....wow. i mean, i've had friends say how sweet it is that calli raises her hands during worship, or how precious desiree is when she lays her head on my shoulder..but THIS. from a STRANGER!
no, this is no act i put on. when i'm at church, and even when i'm not, my girls are 100% loved and they 100% love me back. we kiss, we hug, we snuggle, we play with each other's hair (well, i play with their hair...i hate having my hair played with). it's a time where i get to sit with them, sing with them, worship with them, pray with them, take communion with them. and when david is in town and in church with me, it's no different. typically calli sits in his lap and desiree is laying on my lap. we are lovey-dovey family and the fact that a stranger noticed made me wonder how many times i'm being watched by others. not just at church while sitting with my girls, but all the time.
who's watching me to see how i react when someone at work ticks me off? who's listening and paying attention when i gossip and i really shouldn't be? who sees me pull out of church on sunday morning, and then sees me get mad at a store clerk on monday? who watches us? everyone. everyone does. if you claim to be a child of the King, you are going to be watched. be on guard. be holy as He is holy. be found loving, being patient, possessing the fruit of the Spirit. someone is going to notice you. but don't take my word for it...just ask the old man two rows behind me....
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