Today my oldest daughter turns, shhhh....thirty-six. I can't believe she is that age. It means I'm not forty something any more. Wow! My children are all getting older and all I want to do is slow the clock down.
My daughter asked me to do something yesterday and I about fell out of my chair. Anyone who knows me realizes I hate, let me say it again, HATE to shop. I go and get what I need and leave. The idea of roaming the mall, price comparing for the best deal, trying on clothes, etc. is something akin to agony. When Nicole, my nine year old, asked me to go shopping this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving I told her, "NO absolutely not! Of all day to avoid the stores, this is the biggest one." I value my body and I my sanity more than to subject myself to the mob of gridiron women pushing, fighting, stealing to get that HUGE deal. Nicole was not happy.
So when my oldest asked me to please go to two stores and get two "deals" for her since she was out of state and could not go herself, guess what? I caved. I told her, "Happy Birthday." So in about thirty-six hours I am going to drag my well Thanksgiving fed body to the mall in search of her two special deals. Please God, help me.
You know you are reading this and thinking the same thing. There is no greater love than what you would sacrifice for your child. Jesus knew this well. When God said through Jesus a sacrifice of perfect life would be done for us He was in essence saying, "I love you so much, I'd die and am going to watch my son die, for you." Pretty amazing! If He loves us this much is it no wonder that we would do whatever it takes for our own children.
Lord, I love how you love me. I can't fathom the depth of it but sure am glad that years ago I decided to give my life to You. I expect you to help me, guide and protect me, and love me. I lean on You for everything and honor You with all that I am. Amen
So as I watched the squirrel moving gracefully through the tree branches pretty soon I noticed other animals arriving on the scene. A bird landed in a nest, followed my a lizard shooting through a cracked rock. Not to far away was an ant hill with a stream, like a black thread, leading into the mound. All of them doing their thing. All could care less about me. All of them on a mission to care for themselves and the rest of their kind. Just like we take care of our kind. Nature, like our fellow man, is a truly awesome sight.
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