Included among the favorite topics of conversation on the Race are food and events we are missing at home. This month I wasn’t home for one of my favorite holidays, which included missing out on food.
I did not get to celebrate Pi (approximation) Day in my typical nerdy style. Traditionally I eat pie, and if I can I watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail with some of my friends. We discuss geeky things, like Star Trek, LOTR, Doctor Who, math, science, apologetics, or whatever else comes up. We laugh, tease, and make so many plays on words it almost isn’t punny (weak, I know).
This year I was just hoping against hope that I could eat some pie on Pi Day. It was a dream, and I prayed it would come true. Yes…I prayed for pie, but I didn’t really say anything to anyone about it because it really was a small thing, but if anyone could get me pie it would be Jesus. To celebrate I stayed up til midnight since that was about as much as I could control in the realm of celebration. Then at lunch they served us PIE for dessert. Friends, family, strangers, I teared up in joy. I basically cried, and I don’t really cry. I really don’t know how to express to you how huge that was for me. Jesus loves me enough to give me pie on Pi Day. AND I later got to Skype into a Pi Day party, which made my celebrations even sweeter. It was just perfect.
I tell you this small happenstance to say this. Jesus loves you. He loves you deeply and intimately. He made you with certain quirks and personality traits intentionally and He LOVES you the way He made you. And He loves a good romance. He pursues you in small things and loves to see your face light up with happiness, or your eyes well up with tears of joy. This month one of the ways He pursued me was by giving me pie for one of my favorite holidays. It fits me perfectly and was exactly what I needed to feel loved. Look for the small nuanced ways God pursues you and praise Him for each one. Celebrate the big and the little, and revel in His love. Seasons come and go in what God’s pursuit may look like, and sometimes it might be hard to see, but He is always there, and He is love.
