Touching Jesus week 41
“Touching Jesus” REFLECTION “And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." (Luke 9:23, KJV) IMAGINE THIS A Friday-spur-of-the-moment picnic with my husband was exactly what I needed. I figured I’d write while he fished. But...it was hot. The insects were plentiful and loud. My trusty car blanket, now covered in dust and twigs, was hardly a cushion against the hard October ground. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea after all, a nd my writer’s notebook lay untouched. Suddenly, my husband’s voice carried to me from across the lake. I looked up and took in the scene before me. He was grinning like a little boy, holding up a big bass as h is ‘y ak rocked on the water. I laughed as t wo swans squawked at guys trolling past their ‘ugly ducking’. I noticed a flock of mallards flying high overhead. I even saw a b utterfly dipping dangerously close to the water’s surface as t he wak