Big day for Elliot

Today is a special day for the household I live in. Why?

One of their daughters/sister had her baby boy today!! How precious and special this day is for them.

Before they went over to the hospital to meet their new grandson, they finished up with some gifts they were bringing him. She had a book for him, and she wrote his name in it. (supper cute..) On the back she wrote... "We Love You Elliot!"

Something really struck me about that the moment I saw it.

They hadn't even been to the hospital yet. They hadn't seen him, held him, breathed in his baby smell, or met him before. Ever.

but they already love him.

(you might thinking of course they do!)

But I was just really thinking about it. They love him simply because he is theirs. He's their grandson. He's her nephew. It didn't even matter that they hadn't even met him. He was loved simply because he belonged to them. (and he is fiercely loved.)

How much more does God love us because we are His!! He loved us before we existed. It doesn't matter what we do. It doesn't matter what we look like. He. LOVES. us. Simply because

We. are. HIS.

We belong to Him and we are His children.

Love, love, love this truth.

Try to make that sink in for you and rest in it!

Do not be afraid of change

So yesterday, shortly after posting about being terrified of the coming Fall and all the change, I read this on "She Seeks".

"Your twenties are, by default, a transient decade. It’s the decade where you will likely do the most growing and changing. If you think about it, there’s a big difference between someone who is nineteen and someone who is thirty. All of that difference transpires during a person’s twenties. As you navigate this decade: enjoy yourself. Use God and His Word as a standard for how you should live your life — not some list you wrote on the back of a napkin, or in the pages of your journal, one night when you were brainstorming a list of what a perfect life would look like.

Micah 6:8 says, “He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?”

Do justice. Love kindness. Walk humbly with your God. Those three things won’t look exactly the same in every season of life.

Many things in life aren’t just about the good we’re doing in the moment. They’re about how they’re shaping us and preparing us for whatever lies up ahead.

Do not be afraid of change. Lean into growth every chance you get. You can still keep a running list of everything you want to accomplish in your twenties. But hold it loosely."

Pretty cool huh?

I sure thought so! God speaks in the most amazing way and I sure felt a lot of comfort from that!!

:)