Eyes of a Child

To start out I have a confession to make.  This past week I have had a few rough days.  While working on the new house to get ready to move, it seems that everything could go wrong… did.  You know what I mean?  Those days where you have goals of how much you want to get done and none of it happens.  Whether it was plumbing issues,  cutting trim or just called in another directions, it was a rough week.

Now I am not writing this to complain or to tell you about how bad my days were.   I am writing about this today to share God’s grace with you.  You see at the end of those days I would go by my parents to pick up the boys and as I walked in Eli would shout, “Daddy, I missed you.”  As he would say that Silas would come crawling over to me and just grab onto my leg.  You know what happened in those moments.  My frustration would melt.  My joy and excitement would be restored just by hearing there voice and seeing them come to me.

Now if those simple words and actions can stir my emotions, can you imagine the joy and excitement God must experience when one of his children (You and Me) cry out to Him.  Maybe it truly is such simple words of saying to Him, “Daddy, I missed you.”  Or maybe you have been distant from Him and He is just waitin for you to pull at His leg.  I am totally overwhelmed at this thought right now understanding that God himself desires this genuine close connection.

”Draw near to me, and I will draw near to you.

James 4:8

To finish off this thought though I need you to understand something.  Maybe you have been or feel distant from God.  Like really far gone, worried that He won’t tsake you bask in the state you are in.  Maybe you feel like you need to clean up your life first or get things in order before crying out to him.  That is a lie straight from the pits of hell.  God desires you right as you are and He is waiting for you with open arms.

“So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long

way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he

ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭15:20‬

Will you return to God today?  No matter how frustrated you are with life or what has seemed to go wrong, God is waiting for you!  He wants to celebrate with you.  He wants to draw near to you and He is waiting with open arms.  If I get so excited to see my boys in my human emotion, can you even begin to fathom God’s feelings towards you when you choose to return and just cry out, “God, Daddy, I missed you!”