The Priest and his Wife
The
Priest and his Wife
Two different worlds on a journey together
My
wife Idalis and I have been together for 8 years now and I’ve always been fascinated
about her passion towards makeup and beauty products. Of course the fascination
stopped when I noticed how long she took preparing herself before Sunday
services (I digress). Any who, I decided to buy her a vanity table where she
can place all of her beauty collections, go into her beauty world and not
occupy the bathroom mirror for three hours when I need it. This table has
become her zone, what I mean by that is, her place of connecting with her inner beauty
and feeling happy about the woman she is and will continue to become. Almost 5
months ago my wife started a beauty blog called Idaglam and in
this blog she shares anything you can think of that pertains to female beauty.
I decided to
sit down with her not too long ago and asked her a series of questions
regarding this important part of her life, because as her husband I felt the responsibility
to know more. What makes her forget about the world when she sits in that
vanity table? It has come to a point that if I have something to tell her that isn’t
urgent and she is sitting at that table, I rather wait for a better moment to
interrupt her. As she describes her feelings to me about how she feels when she
sits in her vanity table, staring in the mirror, watching how beautiful she
looks, she says; “I am instantly reminded of how beautiful God created me and my desire
is to remind other women of how beautiful God created them as well”. It dawned on me how in a moment we know we are the beautiful creation of God made in His
image, then all of the sudden life has a way of causing us to forget. Let's be honest, we have all been there, stepped
on by life, mistreated, abandoned and yet no matter how worse the situation
may be, we all have one particular day where an outfit, makeup or hair style
restores the memory of our inner beauty. It’s kind of funny to me how something we wear exteriorly
whether its makeup, clothing, or hairstyle can remind us of our internal
beauty.
This
reminds me of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:7, as soon as they fell into the grip
of sin they wore fig leaves to cover up their shame. I guess their actions have stuck with us till today. No matter who we are, no matter what titles we hold, there
is always this “thing” we love to cover up about ourselves. Some of us overcame it a long time ago yet we still feel the urge to cover it up because we never
overcame the shame, others are dealing with it now and struggle with the heavy
weight of guilt. As a priest I assure you I have been there before. Even knowing
the sacrifice Jesus made for me and how through Him all things are made new,
life brings moments that cause memory decay. Adam and Eve wore fig leafs to
cover up their shame but God sacrificed an animal to cover them with grace. What an amazing gesture, even in the midst of us forgetting his love and mercy, He covers us with his grace.
I
am pretty sure there are times where my wife forgets about how amazing and beautiful God
created her inside and out. I believe God uses that vanity table to cover
her with his grace, reminding her of who she is through the sacrifice of his son Jesus Christ.
See, I can relate to my wife even though I am a priest because in those moments where my memory seems to fail, God reminds me of his love and mercy. Every time I vest myself with my robes before Sunday service in my office, He reminds me that even though I was still a sinner, His son died for me. Every time I put on my chasuble, I feel He is dressing me with his love. Regardless of it being her
vanity table or my study table, the one thing we can both say we have in common is that we both
love The Table of the Lord. God can use many things to share his grace with us but there is
only one place where he not only shares grace but he gives us the author of
grace and that’s the table of communion. If there is one thing you get from
this post, let it be this: Don’t just wear beauty, consume it. Eat and
drink of him!
Prayer:
What has passed our lips as food, O Lord, may we possess in purity of heart. That what is given to us in time, be our healing for eternity. May Your Body, O Lord, which I have eaten, and Your Blood which I have drunk, cleave to my very soul, and grant that no trace of sin be found in me, whom these pure and holy mysteries have renewed. Who live and reign, world without end. "See what you believe, eat what you see and become what you eat" St Augustine
Amen
Rev.
David Nunez +
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