Jason.
My husband.
The human who knows when I'm exaggerating a story and gives me " the look." ( let's face it extroverts of the world, stories are always more awesome when you add a bit of volume).
The human who can instantly tell when I'm suffering by one look at my face, and gets me to safety and comfort without either of us having said a word.
The protector of my heart.
The pursuer of my dreams.
The messiest whilst being the most Hygienic person on God's green earth.
Ladies and gentleman, Jason McPhee is an enigma. There is no box he fits in. There is no making sense of his nonsense. He is a non-stop outta control train that just keeps on racing through life....in the most unique, beautifully stunning way.
Money is of no value to him. (Therefore, I go shopping on his behalf, for myself, just to keep things flowing.)
But really, all I ever wanted in a best friend for life was someone with the same heart as my Daddy. They are few and far between. Con Keros is another enigma, no box for him either.
Anything my Dad has ever received, has has given straight away. My entire life he taught us about money and How to be a good steward of that gift.
I can hear it now :
"hold it loosely baby, hold it loosely in your hand and never in your heart. There is no eternal value here."
Now my Dad is an extraordinary entrepreneur. He is a visionary. He is a proactive dreamer. That my friends, is a winning combo already, but throw recklessly generous in there....and that's Con Keros in the dictionary.
Legend of all legends.
And he's funny. And naughty. And fierce in love. I do like my Dad.
Back to Jason...he has my Daddy's heart.
By 16 I had created a check list of the perfect guy. It went something like this:
- plays guitar and loves music
- Surfer (and preferably looking like 1998 kelly slater)
- Skateboarder
- Loves kids
- Loves people
- Loves Jesus above all.
-Has the heart of my Daddy
Also throw in there someone who hadn't kissed anyone else...because in my Pastor's Kid innocent heart, I believed that if I saved myself for someone who hadn't either, God would provide! He would protect and Save him just for me....And you know what, that's exactly what happened.
This Tall, dark, handsome, funny, popular, silly, caring, loving leader walked into my life and stole my soul, and we had our first kiss together. Ewwwwwwwww
Although being the hottest 16 year old my eyes had ever seen, my spirit saw in Jason something I hadn't seen in anybody else and haven't seen in anybody since.
Utter outrageous love for humans.
No strings attached.
Just a genuine care for mankind.
We are, however, completely different people In many ways.
In a non-spiritualised existence, Jason and I are completely opposite and totally incompatible, but from the second I first met Jas my spirit was completely drawn in by him.
When you remove that sense of God's spirit from your life, you take God out of the equation and things don't make sense. Jason and Lisa McPhee don't make sense. On paper, we are a recipe for disaster, yet with God and functioning in the heart of God we now live a life in complete sync with one another. Sync when it comes to the cause and the heartbeat of our lives and our life's purpose.
What are you missing out on because God isn't at the centre? What isn't working or being compatible in your life because God is not the piece that joins the puzzle together? Your marriage? Your self esteem?
I look around and see a world that is begging for something more than what is on offer. The reality is there is no magical answer to have a perfect life but there is a perfect God. And don't be naive and think that a perfect God means a perfect life, that is not what the Bible is about and that is not the message of the gospel. In fact the opposite. That perfect God meets us in our broken pain and provides a way through. That perfect God creates hope where there is a total devastation. That perfect God creates love where there should be hate and forgiveness when there should be repayment and revenge. That God became a part of His own creation to pay the price of His life, to give you the freedom to chose Him for yourself.
I encourage you today to ask yourself honestly, if God was the centre of my life, what would it look like?
I can tell you exactly what my marriage would look like, the statistics say 1 in 2 aren't gonna make it. We were so close to confirming that statistic, that it makes me feel ill. God, in his mercy, captured our hearts at just the right time and He is the sole reason we have the family unit that we do today.
Husbands, love your wives. Love your kids. Stick by them. Be grateful for them. Wives, treasure your husbands, respect them. Don't be fooled into thinking that you don't fit together anymore, or the spark is gone. Without the heart of Jesus beating ours hearts together, we would be another statistic. He makes all things new. Even old marriages.
Jesus at the centre of it all.
Have a crack and see.
Worth it.
Xxx
My husband.
The human who knows when I'm exaggerating a story and gives me " the look." ( let's face it extroverts of the world, stories are always more awesome when you add a bit of volume).
The human who can instantly tell when I'm suffering by one look at my face, and gets me to safety and comfort without either of us having said a word.
The protector of my heart.
The pursuer of my dreams.
The messiest whilst being the most Hygienic person on God's green earth.
Ladies and gentleman, Jason McPhee is an enigma. There is no box he fits in. There is no making sense of his nonsense. He is a non-stop outta control train that just keeps on racing through life....in the most unique, beautifully stunning way.
Money is of no value to him. (Therefore, I go shopping on his behalf, for myself, just to keep things flowing.)
But really, all I ever wanted in a best friend for life was someone with the same heart as my Daddy. They are few and far between. Con Keros is another enigma, no box for him either.
Anything my Dad has ever received, has has given straight away. My entire life he taught us about money and How to be a good steward of that gift.
I can hear it now :
"hold it loosely baby, hold it loosely in your hand and never in your heart. There is no eternal value here."
Now my Dad is an extraordinary entrepreneur. He is a visionary. He is a proactive dreamer. That my friends, is a winning combo already, but throw recklessly generous in there....and that's Con Keros in the dictionary.
Legend of all legends.
And he's funny. And naughty. And fierce in love. I do like my Dad.
Back to Jason...he has my Daddy's heart.
By 16 I had created a check list of the perfect guy. It went something like this:
- plays guitar and loves music
- Surfer (and preferably looking like 1998 kelly slater)
- Skateboarder
- Loves kids
- Loves people
- Loves Jesus above all.
-Has the heart of my Daddy
Also throw in there someone who hadn't kissed anyone else...because in my Pastor's Kid innocent heart, I believed that if I saved myself for someone who hadn't either, God would provide! He would protect and Save him just for me....And you know what, that's exactly what happened.
This Tall, dark, handsome, funny, popular, silly, caring, loving leader walked into my life and stole my soul, and we had our first kiss together. Ewwwwwwwww
Although being the hottest 16 year old my eyes had ever seen, my spirit saw in Jason something I hadn't seen in anybody else and haven't seen in anybody since.
Utter outrageous love for humans.
No strings attached.
Just a genuine care for mankind.
We are, however, completely different people In many ways.
In a non-spiritualised existence, Jason and I are completely opposite and totally incompatible, but from the second I first met Jas my spirit was completely drawn in by him.
When you remove that sense of God's spirit from your life, you take God out of the equation and things don't make sense. Jason and Lisa McPhee don't make sense. On paper, we are a recipe for disaster, yet with God and functioning in the heart of God we now live a life in complete sync with one another. Sync when it comes to the cause and the heartbeat of our lives and our life's purpose.
What are you missing out on because God isn't at the centre? What isn't working or being compatible in your life because God is not the piece that joins the puzzle together? Your marriage? Your self esteem?
I look around and see a world that is begging for something more than what is on offer. The reality is there is no magical answer to have a perfect life but there is a perfect God. And don't be naive and think that a perfect God means a perfect life, that is not what the Bible is about and that is not the message of the gospel. In fact the opposite. That perfect God meets us in our broken pain and provides a way through. That perfect God creates hope where there is a total devastation. That perfect God creates love where there should be hate and forgiveness when there should be repayment and revenge. That God became a part of His own creation to pay the price of His life, to give you the freedom to chose Him for yourself.
I encourage you today to ask yourself honestly, if God was the centre of my life, what would it look like?
I can tell you exactly what my marriage would look like, the statistics say 1 in 2 aren't gonna make it. We were so close to confirming that statistic, that it makes me feel ill. God, in his mercy, captured our hearts at just the right time and He is the sole reason we have the family unit that we do today.
Husbands, love your wives. Love your kids. Stick by them. Be grateful for them. Wives, treasure your husbands, respect them. Don't be fooled into thinking that you don't fit together anymore, or the spark is gone. Without the heart of Jesus beating ours hearts together, we would be another statistic. He makes all things new. Even old marriages.
Jesus at the centre of it all.
Have a crack and see.
Worth it.
Xxx
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