Day of Praise

Th, 12/04/14, "Day of Praise"

"All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their peace." - Isaiah 54:13

I really, really love my three children. That's why I'm so glad that God loves them far more.

As much as I love my children, I've made mistakes. I need God to love my children and teach them and serve them because as much as I love my children, I've made mistakes.

Like when my oldest, Calley-Taylor, was about four. She was wearing a wet swimsuit after "swimming" in the little plastic pool on our back porch. She asked if I'd push her on the swing in our backyard. "Sure!" I said sincerely.

So sweet daughter with wet bathing suit gets on slippery backyard swing. I push gently to get her started. Then a little firmer push to get higher. Then exuberantly I push so my daughter can feel the wind.

Oops! Wet bathing suit, slippery backyard swing, and daddy's exuberant push add up to sweet four year old daughter sliding off the swing, flipping upside down, little feet straight up, and sweet head with her cute face skipping across the backyard for 30 feet like the smoothest stone skipping across a lake.

I thought I'd killed her. Fortunately, she was (and is) a tough little cookie and bounced right up.

Just like she did when I broke her collarbone. That's a story for another day.

All I know is that I love my kids so much that it literally makes me cry right now to think how much I hate to hurt them in any way, shape, or form.

But as much as I love my now two teenagers and 21-year old, God loves them more.

What a blessing! That God loves my children and yours far more than we ever could.

Let's tell them.

Everyday.

Let's tell our children everyday how great God's love is for them.

That would truly be loving them as much as we possibly could.

"All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their peace." - Isaiah 54:13

Praise God!



Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson