Love Ya!

He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the LORD alone guided him, no foreign god was with him. He made him ride on the high places of the land, and he ate the produce of the field, and he suckled him with honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the very finest of the wheat— and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape. (Deuteronomy 32:10-14 ESV). Our reading today is one of the wonderful Messianic passages of the Old Testament. It speaks of the incredible love God has for His Son and the gift of grace in His death. There is never a time when I don’t tell or show my children or grandchildren that I love them. My emails or texts often end with “love ya!” I want them to know that they are important to me. I want them to understand that they are the apple of my eye. I want them to feel that they can find protection in me; that I will always have their best interest at heart; and that I am one person that will always be on their team. Let me tell you that I can't be that person to my boys, unless God is that "person" to me. When I see God as my provider and my source for all my needs, then I can provide that comfort to the ones I love. When I recognize that I am the apple of my Father's eye, then I can give my children the position in my heart that they deserve. It saddens me to see so many children who are growing up in homes today where there is either no love, or absent and silent love. A generation is losing the security of a close family life, because the world is literally sucking us into its snare. The television is becoming our babysitter, and the schools have assumed the role of chief educator. Gone is the day when the family shaped our society. We need to show them they are the apple of our eye. We need to shelter them in the shadow of our wings. We need to take back our family for God! We can only do that when we, ourselves, are in a right relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Do you recognize your position in God's eye? If you are a parent, hopefully you understand loving your children. Do you realize God loves you so much more than that? Perhaps in the next few days I will be able to dig a little deeper with you in this area. Suffice it to say at this time that God has been so gracious to allow me the opportunity to communicate with all of my children and grandchildren their deep-seated position in my heart. I can only continue to pray that it will show itself in daily interaction and example with them. Make that your prayer too!