Yes!

John met Yoko through one of her art shows. He recalled one of her exhibits. It was a step ladder with something very tiny on the ceiling.

John climbed the ladder and got really close to the tiny thing. It was a word. It said, "Yes."

Now, I'm not saying that one word was what caused John to fall in love with her, but I do think it was an incredible moment in his life, by his own account. Yes is an extremely powerful, emotional word.

We crave the "yes." While only one well-placed no can cast a net of disappointment, one yes can launch a rocket, and a million yesses will not overstuff you.

I wonder why we skip the yesses of Scripture so readily. I could list 70 pretty easily, I think given a decent concordance, from "Yes, and the Lord has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die." (2 Sa 12:13) to "Yes! God is great beyond our knowledge" (Job 36:26) to the "Yes! His loyal love endures" repeated in Psalm 118.

There are tons of yesses, but my favorite yes comes from Paul's second letter to the Corinthians:

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ...was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always been "Yes."