It is incredible how much you can love someone you've never met. The love of a mother for her unborn child is a unique love and a deep and powerful one, one I really cannot explain, and one that seems to grow more and more with each passing day. And now that I can feel this little life inside of me throughout the day, I am even more overwhelmed with a sense of adoration.
Although my child is in my womb, I am entirely in love with every fiber of their being. The face I've barely seen on an ultrasound, the tiny fingers I can't wait to have grasp mine, and the smiling face I can't wait to see, are constantly on the forefront of my mind. It is a love that goes deeper than most, a love I cannot explain, and yet a love I believe is but a faint picture of a far greater love I have and continue to experience each and every day; the love of God for His precious children.
The more I have grown to love my own unborn child, the more I have realized the parallel (although it cannot compare), of the Father's love for HIS children. My love for my child compels me to pray for a future to be full of God's grace and mercy, and an abundance of joy in Him. As I reflect upon the reality of eternity past and His handiwork in planning and preparing me from before the foundation of time, of his orchestrating of the details and events of my life, of His good plans for my life, and most importantly of His planned work of the Spirit to draw me to Him to ultimately save me. The love He had for me, the love He has for me, is dumfounding, it is incredible. It is a love that surpasses my own understanding, a love I do not deserve.
The love I have for my sweet child, is one that is similar in the fact that I have chosen to love this child, in its sacrifice, its desires, and its devotion; yet it doesn't even come close to the love He has for me. Because God's love for me was exhausted at the point of the ultimate sacrifice, His one and Only Son. That leaves me speechless. I cannot even fathom sacrificing my child for someone else, and an evil person at that. And yet, that is exactly what He did for me, and for all of His beloved children. And for no other reason than that of John 3:16, "...He SO loved the world...". That is true love for a child, a love that will never be fully understood, a love that will never be matched.
Although my child is in my womb, I am entirely in love with every fiber of their being. The face I've barely seen on an ultrasound, the tiny fingers I can't wait to have grasp mine, and the smiling face I can't wait to see, are constantly on the forefront of my mind. It is a love that goes deeper than most, a love I cannot explain, and yet a love I believe is but a faint picture of a far greater love I have and continue to experience each and every day; the love of God for His precious children.
The more I have grown to love my own unborn child, the more I have realized the parallel (although it cannot compare), of the Father's love for HIS children. My love for my child compels me to pray for a future to be full of God's grace and mercy, and an abundance of joy in Him. As I reflect upon the reality of eternity past and His handiwork in planning and preparing me from before the foundation of time, of his orchestrating of the details and events of my life, of His good plans for my life, and most importantly of His planned work of the Spirit to draw me to Him to ultimately save me. The love He had for me, the love He has for me, is dumfounding, it is incredible. It is a love that surpasses my own understanding, a love I do not deserve.
The love I have for my sweet child, is one that is similar in the fact that I have chosen to love this child, in its sacrifice, its desires, and its devotion; yet it doesn't even come close to the love He has for me. Because God's love for me was exhausted at the point of the ultimate sacrifice, His one and Only Son. That leaves me speechless. I cannot even fathom sacrificing my child for someone else, and an evil person at that. And yet, that is exactly what He did for me, and for all of His beloved children. And for no other reason than that of John 3:16, "...He SO loved the world...". That is true love for a child, a love that will never be fully understood, a love that will never be matched.
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