It is true. We love our children and each other's fiercely. We love each other fiercely. We are important to each other and we long to be important to us, as some of our forebearers were to us.
We stopped at an indoor produce stand/market. There, the grandbaby was offered a prize by her great auntie and struggled to decide between a s'more and caramel corn. "Sometimes you need both," said the auntie great and so it was.
We stopped at a favorite shop of the self same sister/auntie and picked up a birthday gift. Their conversation as I followed them, again, this time walking just behind, warmed my heart. It was random and chatty but deep and intimate at the same time. Sweet to my ears.
We met the our other sister for lunch at a cute cafe they frequent. The grandbaby ordered and then devoured, a sandwich, soup and fruit salad, chatting all the time, still, with these women I adore.
Later, there was conversation about Easter. My middle sister had just finished up a Bible study she recommended to us. In one of the lessons there was discussed the importance of oral history and tradition. She spoke of how imperative it was for one generation to teach the next and then the next to the stories of God and His people.
"There were 400 years of silence between the last Old Testament Profit and the coming of Christ," she said. "How important was the telling of the things of God in that time?"
She turned then, to my grandbaby, leaned in and said "do you know the story of Abraham and how he obeyed God by taking his son to sacrifice?" At this point, I leaned in, too,to hear how she might link the silent years she'd just spoken of to the Patriarch and his little son.
"When Isaac asked Abraham, where is the lamb for the sacrifice, Abraham said, 'God will provide' and 1500 years later, on the banks of the Jordan River, John the Baptist said 'Behold, the Lamb."
We discussed His faithfulness, then and now, some 50 something women with an 8-year-old. More sweetness to my soul.
This morning, I was listening to Handel. The Hallelujah chorus soon became a cantata in my kitchen, albeit my contribution being squeaky and off key. I was thinking of the Lamb. "And He will reign forever and ever."
My mind went immediately to Revelation 5 and the picture of the Lamb I carry in my mind and heart, when the Apostle John cried as no one was found in earth or in Heaven or under the earth worthy to open the scroll but then...
there stood a Lamb...
God provides. He always has provided. He is the Provider. Abraham knew Him as Jehovah Jireh. My sisters and I have known Him as Provider, too. We know Him, as Lord and because of the Lamb, we know Him as Savior.
The time we spent with my grandbaby, just on her own, this week, we were able to show her our love and His. We were able to talk about tradition and other important things.
And here I thought I was just getting to take her to the dentist.
Revelation 5King James Version (KJV)
1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
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