.....babes

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read the scripture, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise'?" Matthew 21:16

Today, we phoned over 1800 miles of America to talk to our son and his family - you know, just to see how they were doing and to keep in touch. Our 2-year-old granddaughter Allison said she wanted to talk to us so they put her on the phone. She piped up, "Hi Gram-ma, Hi Gram-pa".  I have to admit that it made my eyes light up and I smiled and so did my Melody. How sweet that was to hear her voice speaking to us. 

We had heard through my sister that Allison had bumped her nose and she told us that it was OK now. Our 8-year-old grandson, Christopher, got on the phone and told us some things that were important to him right now and we shared a little of our life with him.  It left us with a warm feeling when we were done.

I believe that is how God feels about us! I think he longs to hear us call his name and tell him about how we are and how much we love him. Yes, I know he knows all that we do, but don't you think he wants to hear it from us personally - at least as much as we want to hear it from our grandchildren.

We hear the words repeated so often that I think they sometime lose their impact on our hearts, but John 3:16 tells us, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Do you love your children or grandchildren enough to give up the most precious thing in the world for them? That's how much God loved us!

How about taking some time today to talk with God! Paul gives us some insight into what we need to be doing in Philippians 4:6-7. Notice what he says, "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus" 

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Some folks say, "I really don't know how to pray, I just don't know what to say." Notice again what Paul said, "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done." Can it be any simpler than that? How about stopping right now and talking with your Father!

- russ lawson