When I arrived at Minneapolis airport on my way home from Arizona last month I received an e-mail message on my BlackBerry from Becky (see "Climate Change" and "Arizona Ducks") with the bad news that Steve has a cancerous tumor on the floor of his mouth. Surgical procedures, radiation and chemo are the scary, no-fun events in their immediate future.
So, tonight it's raining (again) and I'm watchiing the cloud formations and rain and IM'ing (instant messaging) with Becky. She covets all our rain, since they don't get much real rain in Phoenix. I decided I would take some pictures and send her some rain via cyberspace.
I went out on the deck and quickly snapped a few pictures becaues the rain was really coming down in one spot across Rainy River and over or beyond Fort Frances, Ontario.
Often when I transfer my pictures from camera to computer I see things I missed when taking the pictures. This was one of those times.
Think "traditional" picture of Jesus you see in church fellowship halls and Christian bookstores ...
As soon as the pictures were on the computer I saw it and I was amazed! Here's the close-up ...
... can you see the hair, eyebrows, nose and cheeks?
It's not the same as "Miracle Toast", this one truly startled me because I saw it the instant the picture came up on the laptop screen.
Sometimes we need a little miracle. Sometimes we need reassurance. Sometimes we need a message.
I assumed this message was for Becky (and Steve) since I took the pictures for her. But I suspect it was for me as well.
It's a message for all of us, whether we can see the picture in the clouds or not. Jesus loves you. Jesus loves me. God's gracious, loving presence is always with us ... no matter who we are or where we are on life's journey.
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