Holy moments happen around kitchen tables when the bread is passed and the pasta is served. They weave in and out of our lives and sometimes seem very ordinary. A prayer prayed. A verse shared. A song sung. God is with us. He lives and breathes and is among us. Any simple moment can be holy – set apart to Him.
We sit talking about life over store bought spaghetti when she asks simple 5 year old questions about diamonds and heaven. He leans in close and says holy. This is a time set apart from the beginning of eternity. As I have two other times before with her sisters, I tell her good news and bad news. I speak, she listens. I ask, she answers. Then she bows her head low with understanding, she is guilty. Hope is extended, the cross proclaimed and a grace gift received for eternity. Heaven cries holy and dances with joy!
We join the great cloud of witnesses and dance around the kitchen, too. She is a vision in pink, still wearing her tutu from ballet class. I grab her up in a twirl and the baby claps. We dance holy. My sweet daughter, is now my sister in Christ.
There is no greater joy. {3 John 1:4}
Truly.
Ah…such a moving moment. “We dance holy”…I can see it happening, and I can only imagine the joy! Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment. Blessings to you!
I need to do more of that in the moment Jacque! What a fun memory! So glad you were able to “see it” here!
What tender, sweet joy. Mother, daughter…sisters in Christ. I truly believe some of the greatest moments in our lives happen around the table, partaking together, nourishment – both for our bodies and our souls. And, thank you, Jesus, for store-bought spaghetti! 🙂
Me too, Denise! This was such a sweet gift, because it was just her and I and the baby. Her sisters were at dance and daddy was on a trip. A rare, quiet moment when I could really talk with her heart to heart. It truly was a God carved out moment!
And yes, where would I be without store-bought spaghetti?
Yay! I love this picture! A time set aside since the beginning! Yes! So sweet.
Simply beautiful. Your words. The imagery. The decision! Praise God!
i love your words stacey. i’m blessed by the pictures you paint. and i’m rejoicing with you!
thanks friend.
Lovely thoughts about the holy being in our everyday activities, noticing what is right before us that used to look mundane. Thanks for the link today!
So glad you joined us Shelly! I am praying for eyes to see more of these Holy Moments today!
“We join the great cloud of witnesses and dance around the kitchen…” I love that image!
{tears} joy! Imagining dancing holy. And the dance in Heaven.
Oh, I love this thought:
“Any simple moment can be holy – set apart to Him.”
I love the fact those moments can be experienced any time, anywhere…
Thank you for continuing to build a community of bloggers who desire to live for Him and follow after Him…
Praise the Lord! A beautifully holy story!
I love knowing that sweet little pink tutu’d girl…I mean sister! Isn’t it a beautiful picture of child like faith? So easy. So sweet.
Oh my word she is the cutest thing ever! And she loves Jesus! Thanks for being such a sweet example to all my girls “Miss Tiffany!”