There’s a warm, snuggly feeling that you get when you look into the clear, evening sky, and gaze at the brightness of a full moon. You look around and everything just seems right, because the soft, radiant moonbeams are illuminating all of the surrounding area; just making you feel good. This is what I’m feeling right now.
Everything is calm and quiet with the exception of a couple of crickets that are playing their special tune under a rock near my feet, while an occasional mosquito tries to eat dinner at my expense.
I am sitting on the patio swing allowing myself the pleasure of just kicking back. There is no television or radio blasting to capture my thoughts, only the beauty of the night as I sit and marvel at God’s creation.
It is amazing what enters the mind when there is no stress or pressing obligations to boggle it. Times like these are far and in-between. As I allow my brain to rest and unwind from the day’s challenges, I cannot help comparing the beauty of the moon to a lady that I met years ago over the telephone. One of my friends told me that I should call her.
The brilliance that radiates from her face literally lights up a room that is full of people, as one by one they notice her presence; much the same way the moon lights up the heart of a person that beholds it.
If people would stop long enough to notice God’s marvelous and perfect creation, the beauty of it would be felt and appreciated. This woman reminds me of such beauty—a Christian for sure.
By the time I was finished talking with her on the phone I felt the warmth of her personality and the sincerity of her heart. Not too many times in my lifetime have I met a woman that touched me to this degree.
There was something different about her. Listening to her talk I didn’t hear about her status in society, nor was I being bombarded with her intellectual knowledge. Instead, she presented wholesomeness.
I could sense that she was a product of sound upbringing and teachings; having a good moral character. Her character was revealed in one short hour of talking with her. I hung onto every word she spoke and found it refreshing that she was someone having like-values as mine.
In the short period of conversation, I sensed that she was a genuine, caring person, not like some people you meet. The quality lifestyle she lived impressed me to the point that I wanted to meet her face to face. She lit up my heart like the moonbeams lit up my life.
I have met women that are self centered and think only of themselves. The items on their agenda are self-serving and their thinking leans toward, “I want things that satisfy my needs?” Usually, their friends are on a temporary basis, because as soon as they use them up they discard them like yesterday’s newspaper.
Short term friends sometimes recognize the deception and sever the relationship before they are totally drained of self-esteem and money. Women like this seldom give away from themselves—they are takers. They use people and then wonder why they are alone with no friends.
Their success, as the world weighs success, is at the expense of others, which only ends in frustration and unhappiness. True success comes when a person gives unselfishly of themselves to others. They recognize and consider the other person’s needs before their own desires.
My telephone acquaintance rates high in the area of compassion. She reaps not only love from those with whom she rubs shoulders with, but respect as well. They desire her company and look forward to spending quality time with her, because they have found her to be a true friend, one that will stick by them no matter what the circumstance may be.
God’s Word speaks of giving away from ourselves in (Luke 6:38) and then reaping benefits in return; pressed down, shaken together and running over. God’s Word also discusses in (Galatians 6:7-9) that if we sow seeds of corruption and selfishness, we will reap what we have sown.
Some people are takers—others are givers. This particular lady is certainly a giver. There is no doubt about it. You would find her name listed under the heading of ‘Precious’. The Bible tells us in (Proverbs 31:10) that a woman with her qualities is more precious than rubies. Her character reveals what kind of person she is.
Our friendship means everything to me. I am honored and privileged to be her husband.
Written by,
Papa Boyd
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