This morning, while I cleaned the kitchen, my 13 month old came barreling into the room, with a huge toothy grin on her face. She then wrapped her arms around my legs, pressed her head against me and murmured a happy sigh. I looked down and the face that returned my gaze was one full of pure love. I bent down, and gave her a gentle hug and she then tore out of the kitchen on a new adventure.
The experience left me smiling in the kitchen, thinking of how often my little ones bless my heart and don't even know it. And often, as is the case with my five year old, they intentionally bless me. And not always with their actions but with their exclamations of "my mommy is the best ever!" Or "my mommy gives the best hugs and makes the best cookies!" Or in the case of a Dad "my daddy can fix anything!"
And my mind continued to wander. There is a song by Watermark (a husband and wife group) called "Knees to the Earth" that has spoken to my heart often lately. One of the lines is "Beautiful Jesus, how may I bless your heart?". All of a sudden the sweet experience of my children blessing me has become a challenge to me. Do I bless His heart? Do I do it unintentionally reflecting Him and the love He has taught me? Or do I do it intentionally through exclamations of His worth or acts of service? Wow. Biblically, David speaks of this in The Psalms "I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth." (Psalms 34:1 NASB)
So today I challenge you, as I am challenging myself... What can YOU do today to bless YOUR FATHER'S heart? As children we should be seeking to do so unintentionally and intentionally every day. I will be praying for you, and myself, to do just that today . . .
Being continually molded,
Sarah
Song by Watermark
http://youtu.be/-AQL8Zk2sOk
The experience left me smiling in the kitchen, thinking of how often my little ones bless my heart and don't even know it. And often, as is the case with my five year old, they intentionally bless me. And not always with their actions but with their exclamations of "my mommy is the best ever!" Or "my mommy gives the best hugs and makes the best cookies!" Or in the case of a Dad "my daddy can fix anything!"
And my mind continued to wander. There is a song by Watermark (a husband and wife group) called "Knees to the Earth" that has spoken to my heart often lately. One of the lines is "Beautiful Jesus, how may I bless your heart?". All of a sudden the sweet experience of my children blessing me has become a challenge to me. Do I bless His heart? Do I do it unintentionally reflecting Him and the love He has taught me? Or do I do it intentionally through exclamations of His worth or acts of service? Wow. Biblically, David speaks of this in The Psalms "I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth." (Psalms 34:1 NASB)
So today I challenge you, as I am challenging myself... What can YOU do today to bless YOUR FATHER'S heart? As children we should be seeking to do so unintentionally and intentionally every day. I will be praying for you, and myself, to do just that today . . .
Being continually molded,
Sarah
Song by Watermark
http://youtu.be/-AQL8Zk2sOk
Challenge accepted sweetie...well done!
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