Now I don’t mean
Bates Motel Crazy or Criminal Minds crazy but the good kind of Crazy. The kind
of crazy that puts your picture on the fridge. The kind of crazy that sends you
flowers in and out of season. The kind that paints a picture so that you might
smile. The kind that listens to your nonsense anytime with undivided attention.
The kind of crazy that gives gifts
that delight us. This past Christmas my wife bought me a new guitar. Now guitar
players know that that is a personal gift/purchase. She done good. Since I was
a teenager I have wanted a Gibson Les Paul. I just have and when I was a teen I
should have bought one because I had no other bills and some money. I didn’t.
But I have always wanted one and they are more money now than I would spend unless
it was some amazing deal. Well, she bought me a 2002 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue
of a ’57. Seen to the right. Oh my goodness how it plays and sounds. It
sustains for days and days just like it should. The first Sunday I played it at
church it was delightful and in the midst of playing I looked up to see Barbara
smiling. She was delighted because I was delighted. That’s the kind of crazy
about you I’m talking about. You have someone just as crazy about you!
Wednesday evening I was thinking
about the gift of music. Some may not understand and I will make a feeble
attempt to explain. Music is such a gift. It combines the head in that it is mathematical
and technical. It combines the body as it is physical in playing and singing
and it combines the heart as it is an artistic expression wrapped up in emotion
and feeling. It covers all the bases for some of us. Sometimes when I am
playing/singing nothing else matters in the world. All that I know is right
then and there in that moment. It can be the best escape. What a crazy gift to
have and be given. It is all that much better when we can use such a gift in
gratitude to the one who has given it. I think God is delighted when we delight
in the gifts he gives. I think there is a smile on his face and maybe a giggle of
delight as we revel in his gifts.
The best part of gifts is giving
them. Now that is a more mature position that is increasingly missed by mature
adults not just kids. It is way more fun to select and choose a gift that the one
you are crazy about will enjoy and delight in and enjoy than getting one. What
makes it the absolute best is to be there and see them enjoy the gift, to revel
in it. Now that is fun. When Elizabeth and Carolyn were little and got a new
dress they would parade in front of me and spin. Together we would evaluate the
twirl factor. If the dress spun out well it got the approval and their eyes
would light up. In case you missed it,
God is crazy about you. You are his twirl factor. His crowning jewel of
creation. Sure, “He saves you to bring Him glory, to appease his justice, to
demonstrate his sovereignty.” (Max Lucado A Gentle Thunder) The best reason he
saves us is he is CRAZY about you. He likes having you around, seeing you do
what you do and be who he is making you to be.
In
HIS service and yours,
BroG
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