(My Daughter, Rebekah, was 4.)
How many of you have been separated from your very young children for more than twenty-four hours?
What happens when you return?
They come running and
throw you on the ground and
hug and kiss you.
I don’t have to wait twenty-four hours.
I just come home for lunch;
my daughter comes running.
She jumps into my arms and
we hug and kiss.
I sit down with her in my lap and
she tells me about her day.
She shows me the bruises and hurts
she recently acquired.
Then she updates me on the
healing of those injuries.
I kiss those hurts and make them “all better.”
She tells me of her many new experiences.
Anyone else might have difficulty
understanding what she says,
but I understand;
I listen intently.
These are special moments.
But the best moment of all
is when she looks up at me to say,
without prompting,
the beautiful words:
“I love you!”
Your God wants you
to come running to Him and
leap in His lap.
Then, He wants you to tell
Him about your day.
He wants you to show Him the
bruises and hurts
you recently acquired.
He wants to kiss those bruises and
make the hurts go away.
He wants you to tell Him
all of your experiences.
Anyone else would have difficulty
understanding what you say,
but He understands;
He listens intently.
These are special moments.
But more than anything
as He holds you in the safety of His arms,
He desires to hear you say,
without prompting,
the beautiful words:
“I love you!”
Deuteronomy 6:5 (NIV)
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your strength.
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