A Thought on Love

Yesterday I was stuck inside the house all day with my two little girls while my son was at school. For the first part of the day I played puppets, colored, and did whatever else they wanted to do. The cold weather kept us inside and we were unable to explore outside like I really wanted to so I could get some fresh air and get out of the house for a while. I am one of those people that really can't stand to be inside all day!

Also, looking around the house made me realize I had a lot of little things to tackle, like that mounding pile of laundry. (after all, Friday is one of my official "laundry" days) The stress of that took over but right before I stopped playing with the girls a phrase popped in my head and I thought, well, "that had to be from God" and not me.

I often ask God to give me inspirations for writing and in His timing He does. As I was sitting on the bed looking at my daughter, my heart, this came to me:

"Real love in its most basic, organic form is sacrificial. Our human, "flesh" nature pulls us away to our own agenda but real agape love like that of Christ always pulls us back."

Sometimes it is not the natural thing for me to get down on the floor and play with my kids but I do it anyway. Sometimes, like my grandmother tells me I have to just "let the house go" and put my children first.

I think God smiled on us yesterday. And today. He is showing me a thing or two about love. And I'm ready to listen.