This morning I had the opportunity to just sit and rock Silas for about an hour while trying to let Linds catch up on some sleep. I knew it had been a long night for her with Silas getting up twice in the night to eat, and then the dogs starting to cry around 6 to be put outside. So I told her I would take him downstairs and let her go back to bed for a while. What a moment it truly has been for me. After a few minutes of him crying, he fell back asleep in my arms. All I can honestly do is sit and look down at him and how precious he is as my child. So as I take a few moments and just pray over him, my mind begins to wonder if that’s how God feels about each and every one of us as his dearly beloved creation. Next thing I know I find myself humming along to “Jesus loves the little children.”
“Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
they are precious in his sight.
Jesus loves the children of the world.”
Talk about a smile coming over my face. The way I look down and see my boys is how God look down and sees his creation. Each and every child, so different, yet all part of his masterpiece, made in his image. Just imagine with me now the Father holding you, whispering to you, “my dear child, I created you, perfect in your own way, and I love you. You are so precious to me. There is no one else like you in all creation.”
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
Genesis 1:27 NIV
Take comfort in that today and allow it to put a smilie on your face. Have a great day resting in the knowledge that God loves you.