October 4

Happy Thursday! Well today is the day. This morning the Hudson clan increases by one. (Check Facebook and later for pics and play-by-play). We are excited as we wait patiently to catch the first glimpse of that precious child. And as we wait, I think of waiting to see his daddy’s face and what a sweet baby he was and how sweet all the babies were. I suppose that is one thing that time has never changed—mothers and fathers and families excited about the new babies. 


I was talking with a friend yesterday about how fast that love overtakes you. How all consuming a parent’s love for a child is almost instant. And yet if we, as fallible humans can feel this much for one of our children, how much more does God care for us? When we sing of his overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love, that’s exactly what it is. But I t’s also a life-giving, surrounding, infusing, life-changing love and so much more. It’s amazing. 


Any parent can tell you the minute that parental love hit them like a ton of bricks. I can’t imaging how it feels for God who loves us on such a greater scale anyway, and then to love ALL of us so deeply and completely—not just two or four or twelve or even two hundred but ALL OF US. 


 ““For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”

‭‭John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭NLT‬‬


“See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:1‬ ‭NLT‬‬


Dear Lord thank you for your great love and your grace. You are a good good Father and we praise you this day. We lift you high and glorify your name for you alone are worthy of our worship. We ask for your protection and blessings this day. We ask for comfort for the hurting and healing for the sick. We lay at your feet family and friends who are in desperate need of your touch today, and we give them over to you. Please let them feel your holy presence today. You are an amazing God and your mercy overwhelms me. Amen and amen. 


Love you dear one, 

Pam

PS

“Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17:6‬aNLT‬‬


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