Love is overwhelming my thoughts today. I’m heading out in the morning to accompany my daughter-in-law to be on her quest for “the dress”. Isn’t that fun?! So in my quiet time tonight I really began to question, what my life would be like without love? Seriously! Does that sound a little overly dramatic? Sorry, not sorry.

I have to admit, my heart does a little flip flop when I get a chance to see one of my boys. Our time together is fewer and further in between as they’ve grown and begun establishing their own lives, but my love doesn’t change for them. Even when it’s challenging for me to express how that parent/child relationship makes me feel, I’m just so grateful for the privilege of experiencing it. Being a mom and having children has given me teeny tiny window into understanding God’s love for me as His child.

God has loved me through the days that I had no idea about Him, but even so He sustained me with good and caring parents that modeled generosity, and creativity, and kindness.

God loved me through the days when I treated Him like a good luck charm, hoping that being a good girl and going to church would give me a better life or an advantage over what others had.

God loved me through the days that I put Him on “ignore”. You know all those weeks, months, even years when I would pray if I was in trouble, but really preferred to be in control of my own life and very content to let God take a back seat.

Do you understand what I mean when I question what my life would be like without that kind of intense love? That love that doesn’t ever let go, doesn’t give up, that forgives, that believes. It a life altering love. And by the way if you want a good definition of love read 1 Corinthians 13:4-13.

It’s all about love today. Love, love, love….

God’s love endures forever and ever. I’m so thankful that He was able to wait for me to grow up and fully choose Him to be in control and fulfill me. So glad that I have an eternity to love Him back!