PJP BLOG: WAVY LOCKS GUY

[My heart was touched and I fervently sang to him my desire] “Take for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards [of our love], for our vineyards are in blossom.” – Song of Solomon 2:15, AMP

Thirty-something Jane pulls into a parking space at the Post Office. She prepares her paperwork & packages to ship. A silver Prius pulls up on the right, and Jane glances up from shuffling papers to exchange smiles with a chiseled-chin twenty-something with brown wavy locks. He exits to run into the Post office and Jane resumes her task, making mental note of the tall athletic build on “WAVY Locks Guy.” She praises God for the beauty of Wavy Locks, and the sunny majesty of the day. She’s carried away in the glory of the Lord as she sings along with the tunes in her car. Several minutes go by & Jane is suddenly pulled from heavenly mindedness, as Wavy Locks Guy grabs her attention again in the rear view. Walking back to his car- bashful Jane turns her singing down to a normal volume and notices Wavy Locks Guy pauses, leans on the Prius, & peeks over at her through her open sunroof. Bracing herself- for what could be a valiantly bold approach…the moment passes with a triumphantly sad climax, as Wavy Locks Guy quickly looses interest, gets in his car, & drives off into the sunset! All at once, wrecked with disappointment AND yet relieved, Jane realizes the glory of “JESUS, Messiah” blaring from her speakers & filling the atmosphere of her car and everything within a 10 foot radius.



How can someone as beautiful as Jesus Christ be so repellant to people?

I suppose HE (Jesus) has a way of sorting out the bad apples. Funny how bad apples can have such delicious exteriors. I suppose with that- we can imagine what the first woman might have felt when she fell into the temptation of one seemingly innocent, delicious & yet deceptive- little apple...