Just Like Our Heavenly Father
Of course, we have great love for our children – we are just like our Heavenly Father!
I was thrilled when I recently saw the Facebook post of a precious young woman that I, and many others, had been praying for. Her greatest desire and prayer was to be able to conceive a baby. It took years, but now she holds that precious baby in her arms. We can sense her gratitude to God for this precious miracle.
I quote her from her Facebook page “I get to be her mom every day for the rest of my life! Somebody pinch me — #bestjobever. I will never be able to tell God thank you enough for this miracle!”
I know THAT love. I looked at my own baby boy with those eyes of love and wondered, “Could anyone in the world know this love and the capacity to love like this?” To me, he was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen and I wondered if my eyes were only the eyes of a love-struck mother.
I was his first love. He reminds me of that on Valentine’s Day each year. We literally grew up together – I was a young, inexperienced mother that knew little of raising a baby to a boy, to a man. I made a lot of mistakes along the way, but with God’s help, he became a confident, accomplished and mighty man of God.
Seems like I blinked and my little boy became a man. I celebrate him every day, but today is extra special. It is his birthday.
I love him with all my heart and I love his heart, his passion, his leadership, and his determination to make a positive difference in so many people’s lives…including mine.
We wonder how could we have such capacity to love so profoundly and unconditionally. Of course, it is because “we were made in our Father’s image” (Genesis 1:27) and in His image we love deeply. We beam with pride when one of our children achieves success. Just think about how God must feel about His kids, especially when we bring Him pleasure. “He takes pleasure in those who honor Him, in those who trust in His constant love.” Psalms 147:11.
I love Max Lucado’s words: “If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it! If He had a wallet, your picture would be in it. If He had a Facebook page, you would be His profile picture.”
Our God is passionate, utterly relentless in His pursuit of us. And best of all, we don’t have to earn His love. God’s love is a free gift of His very self to us. God IS LOVE. Amazing, isn’t it?
God’s all-surpassing love calls for a response from us. He simply asks us to reach out and accept His love. The truest measure of God’s love is that He loves us WITHOUT MEASURE!
Psalm 33:18, 20 “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love, I have drawn you to myself.”
Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Now, just soak in those thoughts and realize….you are His beloved child and you are always on His mind, and His arms are reaching out in love to you! He is deeply and profoundly in love with YOU! Just feel that love and sense that embrace. Now, doesn’t that feel so good?
Happy Birthday to my beloved son, Ryan Wuerch! I celebrate YOU as I get to give you and Jesus to others today!