“So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.” (John 1:14 NLT)
My favorite “preacher” story… is about a father who was having a hard time getting his daughter to bed one night. They had gone through their night ritual hundreds of times. This particular night was no exception. A glass of water. A trip to the bathroom. A prayer. A hug and kiss. “Tuck me in Daddy!” Over and over again it went. Frustrated, the father said to his little girl, “Sweetheart, you have to go to bed. Now when you get scared, I want you to say out loud, ‘Jesus is with me. Jesus is with me.’ And then you’ll be OK.” With a final hug and kiss, dad shut the door and went to sleep himself.
In the night a storm arose. It began to thunder, and lightning began to flash. The scared little girl remembered the advice of her dad and said out loud, “Jesus is with me. Jesus is with me!” With that there was a loud clap of thunder and flash of lightning. In an instant, the little girl jumped out of bed, threw open her door, and ran with all her might to her parents’ room. Flinging open their door with a giant leap, she jumped into their bed landing right between mommy and daddy. Dad rolled over, wiped the sleep from his eyes, and said to his little girl, “I thought I told you when you are scared to say, ‘Jesus is with me.’” She replied, “I did Daddy, I said ‘Jesus is with me. Jesus is with me,’ but Daddy, sometimes I needs me a Jesus with skin on!” We all do.
-- Jorge Acevedo in “Everybody Needs Some
Cave Time: Meeting God in Dark Places”
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