Sunday, May 27, 2012

vis-a-vis

vis-a-vis: (n.) 1. one that is face to face with another 2a. escort, b. counterpart 3. tete-a-tete (forgive the lack of accent marks); (prep.) 1. face to face with 2. in relation to 3. as compared with; (adv.) in company, together While looking for another word in the dictonary, I found the definition for vis-a-vis. (I actually was more interested in the pronunciation than the definition at first - always wondering if I called those markers by the right name.)

But then when I read the definitions, I thought of Jesus. By taking those blood red marks on His body, hands and feet, He made the way for us to become Vis-a-Vis with the Father.
The little boy who was the subject of the book Heaven Is for Real told his dad that Jesus had "markers" on Him. At first his parents didn't understand, but later they realized that this was his childlike way of identifying the wounds on Jesus' hands.         

Moses spoke to God "vis-a-vis." Exodus 33:11 says, "Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend." But so can we! By knowing His Son Jesus as Saviour and Lord, we can go boldly into the throne room of God and talk face to face with Him at any time. (Hebrews 4:16)
Jesus has made a way for us to talk to Jehovah God face-to-face as with a friend. WOW!

Here is another interesting take on face-to-face. Intimacy. If I am not mistaken, humans are the only creatures on earth who are intimate "face-to-face." That's why it is degrading to think of intimacy as only a sex act. It is a time of knowing your spouse and becoming more committed to one another. No one else should know you so intimately as your spouse. Intimacy is the time you face one another on the deepest level of all: you become one flesh.

So next time you write with a vis-a-vis marker remember our Vis-A-Vis Jesus,whom we can intimately call friend. And if you and your spouse are feeling somewhat distant, it's time for a little vis-a-vis therapy to narrow the gap.

4 comments:

  1. This was written/edited as 6:30 in the morning not 3:42 a.m. Does anyone know how to set the time?

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  2. I enjoyed reading this!

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  3. I am so glad that you are blogging again. I am glad that you can speak to Jesus vis-a-vis.

    Also, maybe we can get together this summer..... I will be gone from June 2 through June 18. Call me!!

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  4. Thanks for the comments, Girls! Debbie, we are going to California (driving out) the latter part of June and coming back through OK in July. We'll talk about getting together for a later date in July.

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