We had a really busy weekend this past weekend. We had the AMP advance Friday into Saturday, my nephew's 1st birthday party Saturday afternoon, band practice Saturday evening, then we got together with family for dinner late Saturday evening. Then church on Sunday morning, a luncheon to raise funds for the Joplin Missions trip in November, THEN we played at the Missionary Rally Sunday evening. Just listing all that stuff out makes me tired all over again.
Now this isn't the norm for us, this was kind of a perfect storm, everything just seemed to fall on the same weekend but at this point in my life I really don't like when things like this happen. I never thought I would say this because I have always been an "On the Go" kind of guy. I like being at home and not having a billion things to do that occupy every single moment of my day. With my wife and son, I want to be at home and spend time with them. It's funny how God has changed me in this way.
But what I wanted to write about today was something that happened while we were playing at the Rally. We are up on stage playing our set of "coffee house" music and Zion was running around the gym giving Angie Naugle a workout trying to keep up with him. As we are playing and I'm watching him run around I remember thinking to myself that I should really concentrate more on the song we were playing so I didn't get lost and mess up. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I don't even remember what he was doing but I couldn't stop watching him. He was so adorable, I think he was running away from Angie or just doing something cute, he is really good at that.
That made me think, if I, an imperfect human being, can love and adore my child how much more does God love and adore us? How much more does He watch over us and shower us with love all the time?
Most of us who are parents can relate to this idea of how much we love our children. If you have kids and don't love them with every fiber of your being and would not give up anything for their safety, then stop reading this right now cause I am not talking to you. There is something seriously wrong with you for denying the parental instinct that God himself gave us. The instinct that is fashion after his own love and parental nature.
I am talking to those who have and love their children with everything they've got!!
I believe we were created this way by God after the image of how He is a great parent to us. Jesus said it like this, if the sparrow and the grass of the earth are taken care of, why don't we believe that God loves us enough to take care of us? God the Father is not just a Father, He is the greatest parent ever!
You might say, God doesn't love me He didn't give me this or He took this from me. Doesn't a good parent know when it's best to give to their children, discipline their children, withhold wants (not needs) from their children? Good parents put the needs of their children before their own.
You might say, God made a mistake, I was really suppose to be born this way or that way. Let me ask you this, does it ever really work when we tried putting our reasoning above that of our parents? If we were to get want we wanted, all the time as children, based on our reasoning, we would all be fat and lazy. It never worked (or made sense for that matter) when we tried to put our reasoning of situation above that of our parents, so why do we think it would work with God?
No matter what you believe, I am telling you now, the bible I read says that God is a loving, caring, steadfast, faithful Father who will never ever ever ever ever ever ever...ever let you down. Just like I couldn't take me eyes off my son, He will never take His eyes off of you. Watching out for you, loving you and caring for you if you would only let Him.
may our LORD be with you
Josh
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