The kind that causes something inside to ache with the love that his overflowing your entire body at that moment?
The kind that makes you want to snatch up whatever or whomever is the object of that love?
I had that today for my son. My son who drives me absolutely insane sometimes but at others I just can't seem to get enough of him. His giggles, his smiles, his plethora of facial expressions.
Today I read a book to him. "You Are Special" by Max Lucado. It's a story about wooden people who go around rating each other on their accomplishments and attributes with stickers. Stars for those who did well, gray dots for those who did not. Stars for those who looked good, dots for those who did not. There is one little wooden man who always has gray dots no matter how hard he tries to get a star. He feels bad and finds himself not even wanting to go outside for fear he will do something wrong and get more gray dots.
One day the little wooden man comes across a girl who has no stickers at all. No stars, no dots. They just don't stick to her. People try to give her stars or dots and they just fall off. He decides he wants to be like that as well so he is told to visit Eli, his maker. In his visit he finds someone who knows his name. Someone who loves him no matter what because he is special. When he realizes that it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, it only matters what Eli, his maker, thinks, then the dots stop sticking to him as well.
I couldn't help but think of this precious little boy that I have in my home. This child who is learning and growing and wants so much to be able to do everything. This child that is special because he is a child of God. If we could all see ourselves through the eyes of our maker... wouldn't we be filled with love as well?
My challenge to you is to find the love today. It's there, even in the crappiest of craptastic days, it's still there waiting to be noticed, seen, and felt.
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