LOVE

A child looks at me with his trusting eyes and smiles confidently as he puts his small arm around me and sits down on my lap. He turns to look up at me, making sure all is well and I reassure him with a gentle smile - for he has humbled me completely and my heart is melting to think that this child who has listened to me speak for only a little while and listened to me pray for only a little while - would like me enough to want to be at my side ... soon after, other small children follow suit and they sit around me and look up at me and smile... such a precious and humbling moment - and I think of when the little children came to Jesus and Jesus said "Let the little children come unto me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

The kingdom of heaven.... for those such as these - the children -
Heaven is a place prepared for me - in the kingdom that belongs to God - where I can be in His presence forever -

Oh, to love and trust God, desiring to be close by His side - longing to learn more about what He has to say - holding His hand and letting Him lead - Praying - and God waiting not to see what I'm going to say, but to feel the relationship that exists and that is desired by me for Him.

Looking up at the sky He shows me His creations and says to my heart: "what do you think about this one?" - about the full moon, about the bright star - about the clouds - about the sunrise - about the wind - about the scents - about people - about everything that I can perceive with my senses...

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength" - Deuteronomy 6:5