Daddyhood

Being a father is an interesting thing, it makes you appreciate the things that God does for you. I don’t know why but last night I was looking at my son and a small smirk came across his face, now this isn’t the first time he has smiled, nor will it be the last but it was him and me, all alone and he smiled just for his dad. What an exciting thing to have happen, I will see Cooper smile thousands of times in his life but this smile stuck out to me as a gift. Maybe it was the long day I had had before, maybe it was just me admiring my son, but he looked me in the eyes, and grinned.

Now I don’t know about you, but if God loves us to the extent that the bible tells us he does then I would imagine that God gets more joy out of us being content in him than I do from my son. 1 John 4:7-12 says this, “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.”

We need to take a step back froour lives and grin at God, smile at him, love Him, show our appreciation for the goodness he provides in our lives, make your smile a gift to God.

On a totally different note fused with an awkward transition, Summer Calendars will be out next week with all of our really cool activities and dates, so keep an eye out. Happy Youthing.