“I Love You, My Darling, I Love You!”

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It doesn’t matter who you are, God can use you. That’s what I have learnt from a delightful lady at the Ladies Christian Home. I remember after Granny had surgery some years ago, after the operation and for quite a while after that, all she could say was ‘university’. Well, this lady has hard-wired into her brain, “I love you, my darling, I love you.” She gushes love all over you, punctuating it with ‘You’re beautiful! You’re beautiful.” When I first encountered her, I remember thinking to myself, ‘Wow, she could be saying a lot worse things.’ And I wondered what kind of person she had been prior to her brain injury. As time passed, whenever I saw her and she brightly announced her love for me, I would think, ‘this woman has got a real ministry!’ Today, confirmed it. Even though I’ve seen her many times before and heard her gracious exclamation on almost every occasion, today the Holy Spirit just seemed to sprinkle the true meaning of her words over me. She came up to me and we hugged and she implored me to believe that she loves me and that I am beautiful, so much so, that I believed it!  I walked away, almost emotional, thinking to myself, that God can use anyone. Frail of mind, but strong in body, this extraordinary soul has a hardwired phrase that does nothing more than reassure the listener that they are loved. She glows a love and joy that gives away the fact that she has a heart filled with Christ. Yet, she never mentions Him. She doesn’t say, “God bless you, my darling.” She says, “I love you!”

I don’t think I have a photo of her. I am a bit sensitive to putting photos up here of the frail at the LCH. Of course, it’s fine for me to put photos of Granny up & if I get permission from the person I’m taking the photo of, it’s no problem. Maybe one day, when I see her husband, I’ll ask him if I can take a photo of her for my blog. Then you too can share the ‘glow’…she is always smiling.

What a treasure.

1 Corinthians 1:27  God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And He chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.

Great lesson!

God bless you!

In His Grip,

Helga xx 🙂