The Most Beautiful Thing

I saw the most beautiful thing this past Sunday. Let me share it with you.

I’ve been going to Status at Discovery Church on Sunday nights, and we’ve been going through this series titled “Relent & Respond.” It’s been really great, especially the last two weeks, when we’ve been talking about emotions. This past Sunday, Cole Nesmith posed a question:

How does God feel about you and what’s happening in your life?

As an exercise, he had three people come forward and share situations of their life, past and present. The testimonies were very real, detailed, and honest. The last one really touched me. Jacob told us he had been struggling with emptiness for awhile. A few years back he married his girlfriend, in an attempt to remove that feeling. Sadly, marriage could not fill the emptiness that was inside. The only thing he thought would fulfill that was more love, so he had an affair with another woman, which lasted about a month. A few months later, he had another one. He began to realize that love from a human could not fulfill his need. He confessed to his wife what he had done, she forgave him, and now they’re like three months pregnant. Beautiful.

But the thing that was really beautiful, the thing that caused me to smile and cry, was what I saw next. During the worship time following the message, Jacob and his wife were standing, arms wrapped around each other, caressing and glancing at each other, worshipping God. I could not remove my eyes from them; it was absolutely the most beautiful thing I have and probably will ever see. I was distracted from worship, but somehow, I think God was ok with that, just this once. You hear stories like that, but I witnessed it, the power of love from God, the grace from God extended to us through others. I saw a pure, loving, beautiful woman holding a dirty traitor; she loved him, and he was in repentance. Wow.

I couldn’t believe what I was actually seeing. I was so happy (and forgive me for saying this), that if the building had been blown up and I died, I would’ve been more than welcoming of death, cause I witnessed a love from God. A love I desire, to have and to give. The love from God.

That, is the most beautiful thing.