Like a child in his eyes

What a great week (& a bit) I had off work; I came back so relaxed yesterday. (And today we've moved buildings so I'm currently kneeling on the floor only able to access my computer so I can't answer the 'phone, shame!) I didn't do anything especially exciting away but I spent a really lovely few days with my scrummy, beautiful, gorgeous, cute cute cute little nieces (& their mum and dad!) I was able to have quality time with both of them and each of them and be a bit useful at the same time.

Although they are both gorgeous, in very different ways, the youngest at 2 1/2 seems more endearing because she loves me more! I.e. she is more ready to give and receive affection from other family members besides her parents; I honestly don't know if there's much better than a little girl running to the door to meet you screaming with excitement! (Unless it's a little northern accented call for her Auntie Sarah/Sares; or even, one day, just 'anti'! "Anti, anti, where are you?" Cuuute!)

And it really compounded for me something I'd been realising at church the week before, about how we are children in God's eyes; Jesus didn't just say that for the sake of it (obviously!) ...and if I really think about the implications of this I can really see what an amazing truth this is. We need to trust God as children do, and come to him as children do.

The worship leader that week had a word about how God needed us. I would hesitate to use the word need I think, but there is no doubt that He wanted us (mankind) so maybe in that way you could say creating us fulfilled a need. And once we were created He wanted us to come with Him & walk with Him. Just wanted us.

And I realised how that is in us as a created people; a need for children that we've brought into the world, a little person to come running to us, with hearts full of love for us, to need us.

(Obviously it's not in everyone. And God has clearly put in all those Christian (& other) Foster carers out there a desire to love children who are already in the world and need it.)

But it's wonderful to know that love & be needed in that way. It's only in little children that you get that. When children are little they run to their parents (&/or loved ones;) they give and receive love freely; they accept them, they trust them, they depend upon them entirely. I think that's what God wants from us.


And unlike children, whose parents are so flawed, often damaged and/or affected by life - we have a heavenly Father who has all the resources of heaven to bless us with, and whose love for us never fails. When we run to him, whether in love and joy or sorrow and hurt; He's always there.