Like A Child

We really tend to over complicate life sometimes. Personally, I like to analyze life's experiences to the point where absolutely nothing actually makes sense anymore (well, I probably shouldn't say "I like to," because it is a really rather annoying habit that I seem incapable of breaking).

So, after recognizing and admitting that tendency (which is the first step in recovery, yes?) I am trying to find ways of keeping simple what is meant to be simple. One example?

God's love.

There is so much about God that I will never fully understand; never successfully analyze and compartmentalize. But God's love is something that we can all know quite simply to be true. It is unchanging, unfading, and completely unrelated to our own personal consistency in loving Him.

That is awesome, is it not?

Last week we got a new children's bible in the mail. It has silly illustrations and retells many of the bible's great stories in language that children can understand. I was excited for Caleb to have another avenue of learning about the God who became man and walked on this earth to rescue him. What has surprised me, though, is how it has provided an avenue for me to do the same.

Reading a children's bible is kind of like figuring out a Connect-the-Dots puzzle after you've spent 10 weeks laboring over the New York Times Crossword Puzzles. It is a complete change of pace that is refreshing, simple, and yet surprisingly deep. To be completely honest, the author's depiction of God's love after the story of Noah's Ark brought me to tears. . . good tears - you know, the kind that flow out of the pure joy of an overwhelmed and thankful heart.

It has been a crazy few weeks in our home. I think it only felt crazy because we just came back from a week of vacation over Christmas. . . But what I cling to on those days when things are chaotic and I can't catch my breath is the simply profound and eternal love of my Savior.

Jesus loves me, this I know.


Just knowing that this is true brings a peace that passes all understanding, and it gives perspective when life becomes complicated.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

Praying that you are soaking up the love of Jesus today and allowing the knowledge of His love to uncomplicate the messes that you face - no matter how complicated they might seem. . .