We had gone to Rome to celebrate the birth of our oldest. And looking at all the pictures made me remember the day that she was born. I mentioned on my last post about the waiting room being packed full of family. I remember all of them wanting a glimpse of our sweet girl and coming into the room to see her. We have pictures of the great grandmother's first glimpse and all of our parents holding her. But there is one picture that is etched in my heart.
My daddy had bought two huge stuffed bunny rabbits. One with pink on it and one with blue on it. He waited patiently throughout the night to find out which one he would present to his first grandchild. As everyone piled into the room to see her, there was a picture taken of the crowd. Everyone is looking and smiling at the baby in my arms. But at the foot of my bed, looking straight at me, is my daddy. The father looking intently at his child holding her child. I cannot find the original picture right now but the look was one of pride as he made sure that I was alright. That picture will always be burned into my heart and forever in my mind. I think of it every time I think of her birth day.
Isn't that the perfect picture of our Heavenly Father? Always there. Looking intently into the lives of His children. Waiting patiently for us to see Him. Making sure that we are alright. Loving us in the good times. And the bad. Knowing us so well yet willing to wait for us to look to Him.
Know that you are loved like that. You are loved by a Father that knows you. Accepts you. Is concerned with your well being. And celebrates with you in the good times but weeps with you too. Hold on to that Truth this week. How great the Father's love for you!
Happy Monday, friends.
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called children of God!
And that is what we are!
The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know Him.
1 John 3:1
Beautifully said.
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