Do you see it? Sue Thomas saw it everywhere. And in the years that I knew her, when she saw it she always pointed it out to me. Now I see it everywhere, too.

Sometimes it’s in a window pane, or a telephone pole. The crack in the pavement. Or the log beams crisscrossing the ceiling of the cabin.

“I think she’s really going to like this door.” Gary announced. “There’s a Cross in it.” His words were as brisk and direct as his movements as he spryly leaped down from the back of his pickup truck. He had just come from a job site of replacing a front door for a customer, and realized that the door to be disposed of would be a huge improvement over the warped shed door on the little office at WaterBrooks.

Yes, Sue absolutely loved it. I can still see her delightedly clapping her hands, eyes moist with emotion.

“It’s perfect! We have to paint it in such a way that the Cross really stands out so no one will miss seeing it!”

So black and gold paint was found to emphasize the shape of the cross that was part of the door.

Every time we went down the long drive and passed the little office building, I could see her nod with satisfaction.

Being deaf, Sue was very visual. This was the visual reminder of something that had changed her life.

The Cross was very important to Sue. It’s why there’s a 21 foot illuminated Cross on the Island that you can see the moment you pull into the foot of the driveway.

When she saw it she would remember that day she came to the foot of the Cross, a broken mess, and surrendered herself to the Lord Jesus. She passionately shared about it whenever she was invited to speak at retreats, conferences, and church groups.

The cross also speaks.

It tells us of Justice and Mercy.

First Corinthians 1:18 says,

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”

To many the message is illogical.
Or worse,
it’s inaudible.

But to those who believe, it shouts loudly.

The Cross shouts Life. And even though Sue Thomas was deaf, she heard it.

She listened… And she loved life, especially the Life that flows because of the Cross!