Happy Day
Tomorrow I will remember a significant event in my
life. It taught me about God's love. It
was an experience that I credit with making me a better person.
A little boy arrived in my life. The first time I held him he grabbed onto my
shirt with both hands. It may have
appeared as if he grabbed my shirt but he grabbed my heart. He will hold it for the rest of my life. It
may have been love at first sight but it was really love at first grab!
Every year, I thank him for making me a better person. When I experienced that unconditional love,
because I knew he loved and trusted me even though we'd known each other a few
seconds, I changed. I became less
selfish and more merciful. I saw the world full of potential. In a small way I understood unconditional
love and the way God loves me.
My paraphrase of Jeremiah 31:3 would be: ...God has loved me
with an everlasting love and has drawn me with loving dependability.
God is always ready to receive my love. He already loves me, in spite of me.
I need to grab hold of God with
both of my hands, just like that little boy so many years ago. That day, he
grabbed my shirt and did not let go. We
rejoiced that immediately he knew he was home even as we unwound his fingers
from my shirt to slip him into the car seat.
The little boy grabbed my heart for the rest of my
life. God will love and has loved me for
all eternity. Why do I try to live on my
own? I have the opportunity to trust and
depend on the One who defines trustworthiness and dependability. I lived to be
trustworthy and dependable for a little boy but God already is trustable and
dependable.
I choose to live up
to a little boy's trust. How could I choose otherwise? I strive to live up to God's love for
me. How could I choose otherwise when God
provided the cure for my deficiencies in our relationship when He gave us His
Son, Jesus. God loves me and made sure I
have the opportunity to experience Love.
I know I am a better person because of God and a little
boy. Happy Day!
God
Reaches
And
Believes in me.
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