“She’s so cute…and she hasn’t even done anything yet,” a friend said after seeing Piper’s most recent picture.
My response? “She doesn’t have to.”
As the words fell from my lips, the Lord whispered neither do you.
Piper doesn’t have to speak, smile, or giggle to win more of my affection. She has my heart clinched tightly in her tiny fist—no matter what. There’s nothing she could do to make me love or accept her more.
As God’s children, we’ll find ourselves both delighting and grieving the heart of our heavenly Father—but His love for us? It wavers not.
Jumping through hoops of perfectionism, perhaps unknowingly, in hopes of gaining more of God’s love or attention will eventually bring us to the point of exhaustion. Refreshment, rest, and a deep abiding joy is ours when we choose to embrace that which is already ours as a Christ follower—God’s unfathomable, magnificent, and unconditional gift of love.
No hoops required.
1 John 4:9-10 “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (NIV)
Neither do you…
That made my day 🙂
Thanks, Cathy!!
Thank you, Susan. 🙂 Thank You, Jesus.
What a great post. "Neither do you"–I know it's true but often seem to forget.
Your love for Piper reflects God's love for you, and that's just as it should be. 🙂
Thank you, Ellen. I have a feeling God is going to teach and remind me of truths in many ways through this sweet little blessing.
Presious pictures and powerful message.
Live on.
Thank you, Carolyn. 🙂