“Let’s have an appointment with God,” I said to my fantastic son, Joshie, before sleeping the other night. I snuggled next to him on his bed and asked him to pick a number from our A Purpose Driven Life Devotional For Kids that I’m so in love with these days. In the middle of him reading, though, he stops to tell me a cute story of a student in his class that’s always chewing on his pens. “Mom, I even loaned him my pen, and he started chewing on that one too. I told him he could keep it!” LOL! He then continued reading the day he had picked for us to read from the devotional.I told him that because I didn’t get a high five from God (something that reassures me that His Presence was with me) that meant we had to pick another day to read, but that I will pick it this time. I took my phone and just decided to scroll and select wherever my finger landed on, and astonishingly this showed up as the title for that very day:“CHEW ON THIS” Wink! Wink!See how God used Joshie’s silly little story of his friend chewing on pens to reveal His invisible Presence with us. Joshie and I were totally blown away by God’s closeness. Wow! For me to randomly pick that day with that title minutes after Joshie’s story about his classmate chewing on pens was just the high five from God I was looking for. Woohoo!!!The BIG meaning I want you to take from this is that God’s invisible Presence is with all of us ALWAYS. I’m just the God maniac who pays attention to any glimmer of His Presence – “Chew On This!” I also had the best time singing Justin Bieber’s song, ‘That’s What Love Is’ with Him today:”Ooh, and I can feel you
Even though I haven’t touch You
Yeah, that’s what love is”And honestly, God showing up for me at that moment with my son, “Yeah, that’s what love is.” The song also has an important line that I love, “Til You put it in perspective.” No matter the worries, challenges, burdens, once I put it from a perspective that God is with me as my Helper, Strategist, Partner in every moment – “My self esteem gets low, You lift it right up to the ceiling.” I know that TOGETHER WE CAN TAKE ON ANYTHING. Phew! Yeah, that’s what TRUE love is.WEROLLWITHGOD.COM |
