Thanks Dad! :)

I don't know if it's a girl thing, or if it's just a me thing, but I've been realizing just how much I appreciate feeling taken care of and provided for. In my parents' driveway tonight as I was getting ready to make the trip back home I noticed that my Dad had filled up my car with gas when he had driven it earlier today. I thought, "Aw, that's so sweet! Thanks Dad!" It wasn't until a couple hours down the road that I realized he'd cleaned my windows too. For some reason this was too much. I actually cried. I think it's because I know that that's just Dad being Dad - taking care of me in little ways that remind me that he cares.

About half an hour later I was in the middle of reminding myself that God is a provider God, a God who can be trusted to do what He says He's going to do, and be who He says He's going to be when I turned a corner and saw the most B-E-A-UTIFUL (!) sunset I've seen in a long time. It was breathtaking and miraculous and waiting around that corner for me. It was as if God was hearing all my confused mutterings about His own nature and decided to shush me. It was the "picture worth a thousand words" that basically said, "Be still and KNOW (deep, deep down to marrow) that I am God (and I've got it ALL under control)." Then, the road curved around about 10miles later so that I got a whole other sunset. The Ozarks being what they are, I had lost my bearings a little and thought that the sunset was behind me, so when I saw a different, though just as beautiful, sunset, it took my breath away in surprise and wonder. The only thing that came to mind was the word "lavish" - I felt lavished upon.

I know that they seem small, sunsets and washed windows, but they both served as reminders of my Father's love. Reminders that God, like my earthly Dad, takes care of me when I'm not looking just for the simple reason that He loves me.


Wow.



How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called CHILDREN of God! And that is what we are! I John 3:1