God is teaching me about His great, unconditional, crazy Father-Love for me. He uses my kids frequently to teach me these lessons and yesterday was no exception. He is so good!
Yesterday we went out to eat after church and at the restaurant there were some coloring pages and a few broken crayons. We grabbed some for the kids and they started creating.
Not three minutes later a waiter came by with a box of crayons. Now this place is packed, the atmosphere is buzzing, and it's not like he had extra time on his hands. He stopped by Lily Anne who is three and opened the box of 24 brilliant Crayolas in front of her. Holding them out, he offered,
"Would you like some new crayons?"
She smiled shyly and looked over at Doug and I. We nodded approval and she picked two crayons, both shades of pink.
The waiter leaned in. still smiling, "There's more." He said. Slowly Lily Anne picked a purple then a yellow. I noticed the colors because they matched her shirt. He grinned, "there's 24 crayons here, you're only down by six, you better get some more!" She methodically continued selecting crayons until she had about half the box. Then she looked down gently patted her line of crayons and said simply, "Thank you."
Oh to receive from our Father like Lily Anne received those crayons. He says, "there's more!" He loves us with an everlasting love, like none we have ever known. I don't know about you, but I want ALL the colors He has for me.
Jeremiah 31:3
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