Believe And Receive

God seems to be using small moments with my children to teach me how He sees me as His child. The lessons I have been sharing with my children lately, seem to be exactly what God wants me to understand in regards to His love for Me as His child

I love you, whether you believe it or not. And I will always love you, whether you receive it or not.

This sweet girl was having a hard time the other night. I can’t even remember now what had upset her so badly, but she wasn’t talking to me. Like at all.

When she is upset, she goes into full lock down mode. Anyone else have children like that? Anyone else brave enough to admit that they do that too? Even as a grown adult? I am full on guilty of that and it has taken lots of work not to just shut down when I get my feelings hurt.

But back to her.

She was hurting and in a ball on her bed. I came to her and just sat near her. Of course as a parent you try to get them to share what’s going on and when that doesn’t work, you try to make them laugh or distract them. None of that was working, so I just cuddled closer to her and sat there.

Then something happened.

She moved closer to me.

Eventually she was in my lap.

My heart hurt for her. She was struggling, but she took a step towards me and I embraced her.

I then said, “Bug, I love you, whether you believe it or not. And I will always love you, whether you receive it or not.”

And at that moment, I could hear God saying to my heart, “Don’t you see that this is how I love you? You may not feel me but I am right here. I will always have my arms open to you ready to embrace you, but I need you to take that first step towards me to allow me in. And whether you believe it or not, receive it or not, doesn’t change a thing about the way I feel for you. I will always be right here for you.”

So yes, I did capture this moment, because in that moment was, to me, such a clear picture of God’s love for BOTH of us. I love my girl, but God loves her infinitely more than I do. And the same holds true for God’s love for me, I just tend to forget it. Often.