During these dark times in the history of our nation and the world, my friend sent a grateful email for a postcard I sent her in January 2020. The message gave her hope and she was using it as a bookmark.
I had forgotten about the photo postcard but remembered how it happened. Late morning on January 28th, 2020, I noticed the two birdbaths needed a refill. As I went to grab the garden hose I was amazed to see the symbol of the Christ fish etched in light on our driveway. My first thought was the image must have been made by the hose imprint, but that wasn't the case. Puzzled, I ran to grab my camera, hoping the symbol
of Christ would still be lighting the driveway.
And it was. Elliot and I tried
to figure the logic behind it. If the fish symbol had been formed by
tree branches, a silhouette of the ichthys would have appeared, swimming
with other shadowy branches. Yet, the "Jesus Fish" was outlined
in light.
After I received my friend's email this week, synchronicity was at play. The Christ fish appeared again. While running errands, Holy Spirit guided me to stop at a little free book library in our old neighborhood. I grabbed a bright yellow book, YOUCAT, and later at home, leafing through the book, what a surprise to find a notation and drawing on the symbolism of the Christ fish:
"In the Roman catacombs we find an ancient Christian secret sign that was a profession of faith in Christ:the word ICHTHYS (=fish). If you spell the word out, each letter serves as the beginning of the Greek words Iesous, Christos, THeou (= of God), hYios (= Son), and Soter (= Savior). ICHTHYS ZONTON means: Fish of Life"With all the extreme chaos in the world now, I was most thankful for the comforting reminder to keep having faith in the unseen. The indwelling light
of the Christ is alive, and never changes. The Kingdom of Heaven is within.
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen." (Heb. 11:1)
Love and peace,
Rae Karen
