"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8

I have been thinking a lot about witnesses lately due in large part to my husband being out of town for an extended length of time. One of my favorite movies is a remake of a Japanese film called Shall We Dance starring Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon as husband and wife.

In one compelling scene Sarandon is talking with a private investigator about why it is that people get married. She muses that people take the chance on marriage "because we need a witness to our life. What does any one life mean? But in marriage you are saying your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it; your life will not go unwitnessed because I will be your witness."

I understand what she means. I have missed my witness the last couple weeks: the man who is so good at interpreting my face, knows my mood and promised to see the real and still stick around. He...

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