The best time to smell the roses is midmorning when the sun has just reached the garden. I found this to be true in spending time with my grandchildren. They are so eager to learn, chatty and full of life midmorning and I enjoy the sweet fragrance of their love.
While doing a craft one morning with three of my grandchildren, Alyssa said "I am making mine for the one who loves me the most." And Julia said "Well, we all know that is Gran." I also have a grandson who feels the same way. He said to his dad on the drive to my house last week "I know Gran will be so happy that I am coming to spend the night with her." This caused me to ponder why these two feel that I love them more than the others and why the others thought I loved these two the most. At first I wondered if I did. Did I have favorites?
As I mentally thought about each grandchild and how unique and different but also very much alike, I realized how much I deeply loved each one of them. Nick who is mature, self disciplined, a thinker, compassionate, smart and sensitive. Jack who is smart, determined, inquisitive and compassionate. Julia who is mature, independent, confident, coordinated and charismatic. Alyssa who is smart, cute, cuddly, compassionate, humorous and talkative. Hunter who is friendly, dramatic, expressive, energetic, charming. Cooper who is cuddly, humorous, talkative, coordinated, charming. Palmer who is easy-going, sweet, content, and loved. Sophie who is easy going, content, sweet, happy and loved. They are each one unique but alike and loved very much. And I pray that they will not only know how much I love them but "to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ." Eph 3:18
It is written "...the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him." Now all of my grandchildren recline next to me when I sit down or they are in my lap. I believe that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" that reclined next to him understood unconditional love. He understood the love of Jesus. He felt the love of Jesus. He knew the love of Jesus. He felt safe with Jesus. He knew that nothing would ever separate him from this love. He knew, he would never be rejected, abandoned, humiliated, ridiculed or intimated. "...For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Why do some feel more loved? Why do some think others are more loved? As believers in Jesus Christ, we must understand that we are all unique and different but still alike and loved very much. The disciple whom Jesus loved understood. He got it!We need to transfer this love from our head to our heart. We need to live in that realm of unconditional love. Let us enjoy being Your Favorite, O Lord, "the one you love" sending out the sweet fragrance of love to others. This rose is intensely fragrant. A bouquet will perfume the entire room. Zechariah 12:10 promises "I will pour out upon the house...the Spirit of ... favor." (Amplified Version)
While doing a craft one morning with three of my grandchildren, Alyssa said "I am making mine for the one who loves me the most." And Julia said "Well, we all know that is Gran." I also have a grandson who feels the same way. He said to his dad on the drive to my house last week "I know Gran will be so happy that I am coming to spend the night with her." This caused me to ponder why these two feel that I love them more than the others and why the others thought I loved these two the most. At first I wondered if I did. Did I have favorites?
As I mentally thought about each grandchild and how unique and different but also very much alike, I realized how much I deeply loved each one of them. Nick who is mature, self disciplined, a thinker, compassionate, smart and sensitive. Jack who is smart, determined, inquisitive and compassionate. Julia who is mature, independent, confident, coordinated and charismatic. Alyssa who is smart, cute, cuddly, compassionate, humorous and talkative. Hunter who is friendly, dramatic, expressive, energetic, charming. Cooper who is cuddly, humorous, talkative, coordinated, charming. Palmer who is easy-going, sweet, content, and loved. Sophie who is easy going, content, sweet, happy and loved. They are each one unique but alike and loved very much. And I pray that they will not only know how much I love them but "to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ." Eph 3:18
It is written "...the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him." Now all of my grandchildren recline next to me when I sit down or they are in my lap. I believe that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" that reclined next to him understood unconditional love. He understood the love of Jesus. He felt the love of Jesus. He knew the love of Jesus. He felt safe with Jesus. He knew that nothing would ever separate him from this love. He knew, he would never be rejected, abandoned, humiliated, ridiculed or intimated. "...For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Why do some feel more loved? Why do some think others are more loved? As believers in Jesus Christ, we must understand that we are all unique and different but still alike and loved very much. The disciple whom Jesus loved understood. He got it!We need to transfer this love from our head to our heart. We need to live in that realm of unconditional love. Let us enjoy being Your Favorite, O Lord, "the one you love" sending out the sweet fragrance of love to others. This rose is intensely fragrant. A bouquet will perfume the entire room. Zechariah 12:10 promises "I will pour out upon the house...the Spirit of ... favor." (Amplified Version)
3 comments:
I love that and yes, Alyssa does feel very loved. I hope I talk about how much God loves me as much as she talks about all who love her.
What a lovely rose!
Sometimes it can be hard to comprehend that "unconditional" love. His love makes so much difference!
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