Mothers reality ride
Alarm 1 loud blaring sound - Time 5:30 - Husband's wake up call (nasty time of day)
Alarm 2 smiling baby girl - Time 5:53 - Her smiling eyes say to me 'feed me mummy - i'm happy to see you!' she's her fathers daughter so food is probably her first thought of the day.
Lying in bed I watched her smiling for a few minutes - it struck me again how deep the love I feel for her really is. The reach of this love is far, its stretch is wide and its depth is deep. Truely it is beyond my comprehension. I would risk my life to save hers, walk miles to reach her in the desert if she needed help, I could go on and on.
Only in the last few months have I started to truely understand God's love for us. I have sung about it, talked about it, done life with it for 18 years (oldness whince). Yet each day the love I feel for my own daughter grows deeper - the more I realise how much more unfathomable God's love for us is. Truely it is amazing. This isn't sentimental or emotional - it's a ground breaking, life changing, selfless love that is limitless.
posted by Jen @ Monday, July 11, 2005
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Trying to understand love is pretty deep stuff!!! God's love is the best - When I need to remind myself how great the love of God is I read Hosea!!! There is nothing like it and I doubt I will ever understand it but I sure appreciate every ounce of Love God has shown me and blessed me with.
So I can never truely know the love of God without having a baby?
Hmm... that is tough love!
And you're doing well on the blogs... you said you'd have nothing to talk about :)
Now... I wouldn't go *that* far.
Mario is the Queen.
Perhaps Jen is the Duchess?
Hi Duchess
This love for Kids is awesome isn't it? There is something about it that you just can't quite put into words. It consumes you and overwhelms you. It makes you want to go a hundred miles and then more!
In pondering this issue only a few days ago the thought suddenly came to mind - (can or) will my kids ever love me as much as I love them? On reflection - the answer is irrelevant. I love them to bits - forever!
This then made me ask do I love my parents as much as they've loved me? I was humbled as it dawned on me - the answer is irrelevant. They love me to bits - forever!
Which then made me ask the big one ... can I ever love God as much as he loves me?
The answer ................
QED
Hey Igbo, You've got it sorted -
What's QED? am I missing something?
Hey Maria - ta for the encouragement babe you are such a sweetie!
Tommo - maybe i'm a late developer!?! X
QED. Latin quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated).
Came to the same conclusion as your blog.
The love we have for our children gives us an insight into God's overwhelming love for us.
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