Shabby Olde Potting Shed: Love More

Love more.

It's what Mama used to say.

I love you "more." -- I can still hear her sweet lil voice.

She passed her baton to me and now I say it too:

I love you more.

Yesterday I noticed one of my sons says it too.

Love... it's something that never seems to stop growing.

If you love someone... likely it grows "more" every day.

Especially when you water it and give it some Sonlight.

Because of love ... social distancing

sucks. And I'm struggling ...

I have friends who haven't been near their kids at all...

Our own little world has been a little different in that myguy, and sons

all work together. They're essentials and we are all in a fairly close sphere.

Yesterday after work, our oldest came out to dig up and take home a mess of

red raspberry canes I have popping up out of their boundaries.

When he got here I said "Hey, how soon you gotta get home?"

He said, "Not for awhile Mama, why?"

me: "Ya wanna go fishin with me?"

A big smile lit up his face.

(This child was born to fish.)

He went to get the side by side... and I went to get the worms out of the fridge.

It was so much fun... just he and i.

My little baby boy who's a big strong man.. my Strongheart (i call him)

He just so happened to have some new crawdad lures in

his vehicle. That was just meant to be. ha

When he went to leave... without thinkin

I grabbed and hugged him. I don't know what I was thinking... ( So much for social distancing.) I seriously plumb forgot. And he like always kissed his olde Mama on top of the head.

(i'm gonna work on that)
I have got to be more careful.
I pray he stays healthy... and we pray everyday for all our family and friends to not get this virus.

It's so hard ...

I'm so ready for things to go back to normal and

when is that gonna even be? Because to love... for most people is not distanced.

Now; we've been having to learn that out of our love we must distance from others

to protect them.

It's just so very opposite of the way love usually is.

Love is close... hands on... reached out... held tight... squeezed.

Love is more.

Love is an action verb.... and it usually hugs alot.

Just like even my kitty Two Socks here.

I thought of it all morning.

Even planning out my day.

During my study time, I listened to the Dwell app and the reading was in Colossians.

Love love love. Put on Love. I have a few errands I need to go run and

one of the things I have to do is go to walmart. That means

putting a mask on and staying away from people. It's hard to love the people

in your path when you gotta steer away from them. Right now steering away is love.

It makes me think of the story of the good Samaritan. The guy who saw someone in need

and didn't pretend he didn't see him, and didn't cross the street to avoid him. Instead he went to him...

and with hands on .. he helped. More.

In my faith journal above i found myself writing about the time we were here in our auto mechanics shop working. i looked up and this young gal walked into our shop barefoot. She had been with her boyfriend out driving our road and they got in a fight and she got out of the car and he left her there!

She was crying and told me everything that happened... i listened. Then he drove back by and stopped at the end of our driveway and they were texting eachother. She said she wanted to go back to him. I questioned her if that was a good idea and she said yes she wanted to. She was adament.

Before she left i asked her if i could pray for her? She said yes. Right there in the middle of our shop i took her hands and prayed for her with myguy and our eldest son working a few feet away. She cried while i prayed and then i hugged her... holding her tight like I was her mama until she let go first.

She thanked me and headed out with her little bare feet and cell phone.

i'll never forget her. It was one of those moments that you just knew God made your paths to cross on purpose for His purpose. It felt important to share it

here today. i don't know why... but there it is.

Love more.

i am taking it to my heart today.