As she handed me "The Grouchy Ladybug" book that she made this evening, she handed it to me backwards. I read the inscription "I love you" written on the back. My heart began to melt. I could feel the love of Christ shining down upon us at this moment. Her eyes sparkled when she handed it to me. I tried not to show tears, but one or two might have slipped out. I think about how the Lord's word says "And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." It's moments in life like this one, that I understand the fullness of how the disciple Paul says that the greatest of these is love. Its funny how we look to be loved our entire lives while having already been given the greatest gift of love. Our Father in Heaven loves us so much. So much, that he gave his son Jesus over to die so we could have life. As she told me that she loved me tonight, I fell even more in love with our Heavenly Father. How amazing is it that the Lord's loving words can be spoken through the voice of a child, yet alone written on red construction paper with crayons! Just as this little girl's words were so sweet, even more so that I'm reminded that our Father’s love is even sweeter. This little girl’s love is just a speck of what God's love is for you, for me, for we are also called His little children.
He said to them,
"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them." Mark 10:14-16
