Amazing Love

Romans 8:28 (New Living Translation)

You know, when my wife and I first started talking about having kids, I always thought of them as something for us. We wanted to have kids. We. Us. We. Us. It was hard to think of them as anything other than our new accomplishment. Much like purchasing a new car or buying a new guitar. I didn’t know how else to think not having experienced what being a parent was all about.

Then, in one day everything changed. My first little angel was born and my life quickly changed. I never knew how much I could love someone. How much I could care for someone else without any concern for myself. I realized at that moment this little girl had conquered me in an instant and she would probably never let me go. I didn’t want her to either.
It was so wonderful that I told myself I could never feel that way about anyone else. Then, sometime later when our second child was born, it happened again.

Wow.

Then, as the days and weeks began to fly by, I noticed I was looking at God completely different. I no longer saw Him as just my Savior, my Deliverer, my Healer, and my Friend but also as my Heavenly Father. My daddy. I saw Him as a loving parent who cared more deeply for me than I ever realized was possible.

The love God has for us goes so much deeper than we can ever imagine. There’s no sin He will not forgive and no hurt He cannot heal.

I remember when my first little began talking our world quickly became a much louder. We loved it….well most of the time.  She could finally verbalize what she was feeing and what she needed. I still just melt every time she says, “I love you daddy.” Our smallest baby is still learning her words and so far all she can tell me is, “da da”.  The effect is the same.

You know, God is the same way.  He loves to hear us tell Him how much we love Him.  We’re all in different stages of our relationship and development in Him.  Some of us can ‘talk His ears off’ about our love for Him and His importance in our life.  Others, through inexperience or issues in our life, can only say “da da” in His presence.  It’s all the same to Him.  What concerns God the most is not our words but the passion in our hearts.

Have you told your Heavenly daddy how much your love Him today?  Have you taken time to set aside all your needs and issues to simply express His importance in your life?

Make Him smile today.