Spiritual Anecdote
As I dressed my two-year old son for
church, he became enthralled by the necklace my husband had given me
as a Christmas gift. He grasped it in his fingers and said, “What
this?”
“It's a necklace,” I said. “It
has a special rock called a sapphire.”
“It look like a heart,” he said.
“Yes, it does.” I explained, “A
heart is a symbol for love. When someone wants to express special
love to a person, they give something in the shape of a heart. Do
you know someone who loves Mommy enough to give her a heart?”
My son considered for a moment. Then
his face lit up and he exclaimed, “God!”
I cannot describe the emotion that
welled in my heart. Delight that my little man should already
associate love with God ('God is love!'
I John 4:8), joy at the beautiful reminder of who God is to
me: 'Your Maker is your Husband,' the prophet Isaiah declares
(Isaiah 54:5).
“Yes,” I told my son. “God loves
me enough to give me a heart. In fact, He gave me more than a heart.
He gave all of Himself—His heart and His life—so
that I might be His bride forever!”
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In this the love of God
was made manifest among us,
that God sent His only Son
into the world,
so that we might live
through Him.
In this is love,
not that we have loved God
but that He loved us
and sent His Son to be
the propitiation for our sins.
I John 4:9-10
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