“So take me back, back to the beginning, when I was young, running through the fields with you.” (Click here to listen to the full song)
These are the lyrics to a song by United Pursuit that I heard for the first time a month or so ago. When I first heard it, there were many memories that were triggered. So many so that I had to stop and really examine those memories to see if they had actually happened or if they were just in my imagination memory.
I have these memories of being a young girl and literally running through a field with a friend, not just once, but on numerous occasions. But as I think back to the places I have actually lived, there has been no field like the one in my memory anywhere near my house for a friend and I to venture into.
So I began asking Jesus what these memories were and why I had them. He asked me a simple question. He asked, “When you first began your relationship with Me, how did you see Me?” I immediately answered, “A Friend!” Then the pieces started fitting together.
When I began my relationship with Jesus, all I wanted was a friend who I didn’t have to say goodbye to, who would move when I moved, who would always be there for me. That was how our relationship started.
As I put these new pieces together, I began to see that these memories I had of running through a field were not physical memories, they were memories Jesus had placed in my heart and mind to allow me to know that He was that friend for me, no matter what!
The field has not changed as I have grown older. I have changed and my relationship with Jesus has changed, but the field has remained the same. Now when I go to that field in my imagination/mind, I no longer meet a friend and go running through the field laughing and picking random flowers we find. Now I go to this field and meet with Papa under a big oak tree. It is here that I get to stand on His feet and dance through the field. We play and roll around in the grass. He has even hung a wooden swing in the tree for us to play on. It was in this field that I learned what it meant to be Daddy’s little girl.
Now, Jesus is taking me back to this field, but for another reason. He is taking me here to woo me. He is taking me here on dates. He is taking me back to this field to spend one-on-one time together. I find myself sitting under the tree leaning against it with Jesus by my side. He is saying that He no longer wants to be just the friend that runs through the field with me. He wants to be so much more. He wants to take our relationship to the next level of intimacy.
So now I go to the field and look for my groom. I go to the field looking for the one my soul longs for. I go to the field to be wooed.
