We've been wading through some classic Virginia humidity lately. You especially feel it when you've been in air conditioning and then step outside. The moisture soaked air wraps around you like a wet towel. Everything seems to happen in slow motion. You walk slower, you work slower, you breathe slower, you think slower. You feel heavy and sluggish and you realize that, apart from freon, you would not be in Virginia (supposedly freon is an "inert" element, but as far as I'm concerned it's very active as the coolant in our A/C systems). Perhaps there is another way to think about humidity. Another way to describe sultry southern air is that it feels "close". You just can't escape the moist air. It waits perched on your front porch, ready to encase you as you emerge from your home. Jesus is also eager to wrap us up in His arms. He doesn't wait for us to come outside, but He is "close" at all times. He has a far different effect on our lives than humidity and He doesn't cause us to be sluggish....but just as we feel the moist air immediately and everywhere we move in the summer Virginia day we can experience Jesus. He is even closer than humidity.
Romans 10:8 "But what does it say? 'The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,' that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:"
blessings,
Rob Smith
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