Bowing Before Jesus
Laying Barbie on the altar and focusing on the Messiah
I was visiting the campus of Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho, with my wife and six-year-old daughter. From quite some distance away, I could see the
Jesus statue I knew was standing at the center of campus. I told my daughter to run ahead and find Jesus and that we’d meet her there as we walked more slowly in that direction.
She took off in a full sprint through the freshly watered grass.
We stayed on the paved path.
As we rounded the corner past the library, we could see our daughter, 50 yards ahead, bowing at the feet of Jesus. She even laid down her Barbie on the altar.
My daughter provided me that day with an image that I won’t soon forget—the posture of the fully surrendered heart.
