Yesterday morning we woke early and after our prayer time we headed out in search of donuts. It’s kind of a tradition. When we spend the night at our youngest daughter’s home we buy donuts on the last morning. The parents get to sleep in and we have donuts with our grandson and granddaughter.
When we arrived home our grandson, Sam, was sitting at the top of the stairs waiting for us. He knew where we had gone. I went up and found his sister, sitting quietly in her room, playing with toys. I asked Kristine if she was ready to come down and have donuts. She smiled from ear to ear and nodded her head. Downstairs we went.
We laughed and talked over donuts. The kids are almost 3 and 5. We talked of sparklers, fireworks, swimming and ice cream. All the things that are important to kids. After they had finished their donuts and were cleaned up it was time to play quietly while Momma, Daddy and baby sister slept a bit longer.
Kristine found a book for me to read, one I don’t remember reading before. It was titled “Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You” by Nancy Tillman. What a great book!
The story is about a little boy who goes many different places. The emphasized phrase on each page is “Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You”. I told Kristine that wherever she went my love would always go with her. When I said that, Sam spoke up, “Hey, Besta, Let me tell you something.” Ok “Jesus will always love us”. He sure will Sam. And with that Sam went back to playing. How great to have the perspective of a five year-old. No worry, just matter of fact.
Here’s a line from the book: “I wanted you more than you will ever know, so I sent love to follow wherever you go”.
Just like Jesus! His love could not be contained in heaven. He brought it to earth to follow us wherever we go and it never ends. The love of God is everlasting!
“Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.” John 3:16 ERV
Be confident of this, wherever you are God’s love will find you there. He promises to never leave us or abandon us. We can count on that!