I love my daughter. More than I could've imagined. Being a parent (of a two year old, no less) has demonstrated (to me) God's love for us, his kids, better than any lesson I was taught in Sunday School.
There has never been a day when I thought "this child is getting on my nerves; I don't love her anymore." There have been some times when she really irked me, like when we were on vacation in San Diego and she wouldn't sleep at night (or in the day for that matter) and we ended up leaving our beautiful resort at 4am because we had given up on trying to get her to sleep. We left family camp early on a different trip, or even our weekend trip to Monterrey in the middle of the night because of Aria. Yeah, CP and I were disappointed, but if we could get through to "the child" she would have understood we were saying "Aria if you take your nap, you'll wake up and feel better. Not only that, we will take you to Disneyland (if ur a sweet baby!), or for ice cream, or something equally as spectacular for a kid.
There is something in a parent that makes them want to spoil their kids. Unfortunately sometimes the kid doesn't quite understand the "rewards" that come with the obedience. Whether 2 years old, a teenager, kid, or grownup, we have a Father who loves us more than we could ever imagine. He looks at us proud of his "baby" even when we're not doing right--but trying to tell us "Kiddo, just follow what I told you and you'll get out of your rut!" or "I have such great things I want you to see and do, but I need you to show me I can trust you with these things!"
The love of God is beyond our comprehension. God is for us--not against us. He is not a God who looks down on us to point out our wrongs, make us feel guilty or ashamed.
When Aria has an "owwie" I run to her, pick her up, kiss her wound (I would heal it too if I could) and let her know I'm sad when she's hurting.
So why is it when we're hurt and our Daddy God wants to scoop us up and lather on the love and healing (yes, He can do more than just kiss our wound)- we push Him away? We tell Him "no thanks I got this on my own" or "nah, I think I'll let my boo or bff take care of this one."
We reject the very one who can make it all better. Not always consciously...but as soon as we come to the awareness of what we've done we must rectify it and run back to the one who loves us sooooo much...
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