Jesus Talks To Me

Dear Joshua,

I have to tell you the cutest story from over the weekend.

Your dad had to deliver a greenhouse up north and last minute we decided to go up together with him. So we crashed at Krista's house and Monday we decided to go to the gardens at Thanksgiving Point - which was pretty much one of the only things that were open.

They were beautiful! One of the places in the garden was called the "Light the World" exhibit. There is a sculpture, Angela Johnson, that put the sculptures together. They were of 15 different stories that happened with Christ in the New Testament.

It was such a spiritual experience for me. Lately there has been a bit of a "wall" in my meditation and communion times with the Lord, it is something that I have put up for different reasons that are for a different post, but I've been really missing Jesus. A LOT.

When you walk into the exhibit there is a sculpture of Jesus walking on water with the phrase, "Be not afraid, it is I."

It brought me to my knees and I immediately started just sobbing. Here He is! My Savior and telling me, BE NOT AFRAID. It was exactly what my soul needed in that moment. I wasn't even expecting it as we were walking through the gardens together. I knew we were going to the exhibit, but the spirit just hit me across the head, so powerfully, and I can't even say how much my heart needed it. I needed the reminder of, "It is I."

The next part that hit my soul was when we were going past some statues and I asked you, "Joshua, who is that?"

"Jesus."

"That's right!"

"...Jesus talks to me."

That stopped me in my tracks.

"Jesus? He talks to you? When does He talk to you?"

"Oh, He talks to me. He was gone, then He came back to talk to me again."

I just sat there looking at you while you were walking and talking so matter-of-factly about such an amazing thing.

You kept hopping over the rocks and going from statue to statue. You were so simple about it. And again it came to me so directly that THAT is exactly how it should be with all of us. He talks to me! And in the millennium the personal reach and one on one teaching that He will always be doing with everyone is something that will be a common place occurrence. How beautiful! How amazing!

You were my example of that. You ARE my example of how to live my life everyday. Simply. Happily. Matter of factly. Faithfully. Vulnerably. Honestly.

Thank you for being my example. Thank you for coming to our family. Thank you for telling me that Jesus talks to you. And reminding me that Jesus talks to me as well.

I love you,

Your Mom