Gifts of Love...
Tonight I would like to share some thoughts on the goodness and graciousness of my Father, as I have seen through the interaction with two of my sons. My two youngest sons ‘sought me out’ tonight, to hopefully fulfill a desire they had… with big, bright, hopeful eyes they asked if they could have some change they had found in the bottom of my purse (they are “saving for something”). It sounds sweet, and simple enough. So simple, in fact, it’s easy to miss the significance of what I began to see. My children don’t have any money, or “income” of their own that they receive on a regular basis. Everything they need is supplied for them, and if they want something above and beyond their basic needs, they have to come and ask for it. They have no means in which to obtain it on their own. They even have to ask “permission” if it is even “all right” for them to have (or possess) what it is that they want. They are totally dependant upon their father (or parents) for everything they have or don’t have, for everything they need or don’t need, and for everything they want-or don’t want. Getting the picture here? I could have “all the money in the world” or ‘only 52 cents’ … but it is within my “power” (not theirs) on whether I give it to them, whether they receive what they so desire. What a very simple thing to say “Yes” to my boys, and fill them with glee! What a very small effort it takes to bless my sons—because I love them and want to give to them. Out of my abundance or out of my lack, my heart is always reaching out to them… and I saw the heart of my Father, in the same way, reaching out to His children in love. And He has no lack!
*A JOYFUL THOUGHT: "...no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly." Psalms 84:11