Since I will be missing a few mornings with Andrew this week, I decided to sit down and eat a bowl of Trix cereal with him this morning. Yes, Trix are for kids – what does that tell you? Anyway, Andrew, usually a morning person, was a little grumpy this Monday morning, and really found my company to be more of a nuisance then a pleasure. (watch your thought there – especially Mrs Patty Z!)
But really, I was looking at him in his grumpy state and thinking about me, who was willing to do anything, talk about anything, and listen to anything – just generally wanting to share time with him. And as I watched his overall rejection of the idea, I could not miss the parallel to our larger lives staring at me.
It’s a Monday morning – the time when reluctantly we get back to the “work-a-day world”. Usually we are so caught up in ourselves that we very easily reject the goodness that is sitting at the breakfast table with us.
So today, take a moment to glance at the sun rise, notice the mountains off in the distance, feel the cool of the breeze on your skin, hear the rustle of the wind in the trees and remember that the Creator of all of this loves you more then any bit of the creation.
Of course, that reminds me of a song, one that I have been listening to a lot this weekend, How He Loves, in which the second stanza says this:
We are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Psalm 136
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His love endures forever.2 Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.
Remember His Love for you today, remember he is there for you. Let that impact your day as you impact those you touch!