God never doubts His love for you

This weekend my daughter just turned eight months old. Its mind blowing. It happened so fast. I don’t want to rush a minute of it. She’s crawling, communicating, giggling, smiling, and loving life.

 I’ll tell you what she’s not doing. She’s not feeding herself, regulating her schedule, not bathing herself, she’s not providing financially for our family, she’s not cleaning up her toys, she’s rarely even that interested in me.

 But consistenly, her joy overflows. I think she carries a happy disposition for sure, but I also think the joy she carries, is an overflow of the joy we have in her. She provides literally nothing but herself, and that is enough for us to lay our lives down for her. In her little eight month old mind and spirit, though she can’t articulate it and won’t remember, she feels that love, safety, and security. It allows her to live carefree, in our care.

 She doesn’t have to question whether her mom and dad love her.

  I look at my daughter and can’t believe I get to be her dad. And as I look at her I can begin to think about and dream of her future. So many incredible things she’ll get to experience. A life full of adventure and joy. Yet also many mistakes and learning moments in her future. In fact, even moments of defiance and as negative as it sounds, moments of sin. 

 You know how that makes her dad feel? Desperate that I make sure she knows no matter what her daddy loves her, believes in her, and will never leave her. I’m already preparing for the moments where I support her, encourage her, forgive her, and strengthen her. 

 It scares me to think what I would be willing to do for her, and honestly at this point from her experience she still doesn’t even know me that well. Her joy, mostly only comes from ours. 

 What I’m trying to do here is give one tiny example of the way  God sees and loves you. I’m just a human father. And If I can love like that, don’t you think the creator of all things, looks at you with even more passion? 

 The burden I have felt more than ever recently, is that people are walking around, head down, feeling as if they are alone, not enough, and unloved. 

 It could not be further from the truth. Gods joy in you cannot be contained. His desire to right your wrongs literally killed him, that’s how obsessed he is with you. His joy in you is unshaken. He knows your past, your future, your now, and he can’t get enough of you. 

 I merely watch my daughter sleep and I smile, God takes pleasure in knowing the hair count on your head, the DNA strand pattern you contain, and he created the cells that keep you moving. 

This image of God being a being that is out to get you and make you suffer for your shortcomings, is as ludicrous as me telling you that I make my 8 month old do dishes, take out the trash, and pay for her daycare. 

 God, is the type of father that has kept every drawing, art project, is at every game, puts his phone away after work, and falls asleep in bed with you while tucking you in. He is adamant and passionate about revealing his love to you, regardless of how much you think you don’t deserve it. 

 I just can’t help but believe that in the meantime, God is rooting for you! If your spiritual life focused on nothing other than realizing Gods love for you, it would be plenty to transform your world! His love for you is truly uncomprehendable. Please, live carefree, in the care of God’s love.