I recently had coffee with a woman that I really love…and admire. She’s humorous, graceful and most intriguingly, Godly. Not a, thump-ya-in-the-back-of-your-head-with-her-Bible-Godly, but a live-out-loud-what-the-Bible-says-Godly. She knows the Bible so well, that her life mirrors the words in the Bible.
She’s a few mile markers further down the road than I am. She has older kids, a longer marriage and more seasoned ministry service (yet I have more gray hair – what is up with that one?!?).
Since I’m a government trained investigator, I can write this with a rather wobbly confidence; I’m not a stalker. (Is that what the Jonas Brothers groupies say too?)
No, I’m no stalker, but a government trained investigator. I’m clinging to the difference between investigator and stalker is where ya got your training. I collected clues and tid-bits to write fact-based reports that were called Reports of Investigation. Since I’m beginning to twitch with that thought…and also been feeling rather list-deficient lately, here’s what my on-going investigation concluded. This gal is the real deal. Know why? Here’s my Report of Investigation in “List Mode”:
1. Her husband is a priority. We were in the middle of a serious (not life changing, but very serious) discussion when her cell phone rang. She quickly said, “I’m sorry, this is my husband and I wouldn’t answer it for anyone else but him.”
2. She’s patient. YEARS of service. And now she’s in YEARS of waiting. She sees God’s purpose in both.
3. She’s wise. She doesn’t speak quickly. Before making two important decision, she said, “I’m going to pray about it.” And then solicited this stalker…um, investigator’s prayer too. Oh yeah, then she went back to #1. She said she won’t go forward without his council.
4. She loves to laugh…and is completely hysterical.
5. She knows the true temperature of the situation but doesn’t let it stop her from doing what she’s supposed to do. (What God tells her to do.)
6. She understands that the most powerful ministry is the ministry that goes on with no formal title. And the gal has had some visible formal titles.
7. She won’t not let her talents be used.
8. She’s not boastful about her talents.
9. Her kids dig her.
10. She’s generous. (The gal bought my coffee…ya think I’m gonna stop stalking her now…I think not!)
What are some traits that you admire most from women that you’ve stalked investigated?
Do you know that today, there is most likely someone investigating you? What do you think their report of investigation would conclude about you?
