We are taught to say, "Thank you" for gifts received from when we are very young. Even now, I often remind my kids to be careful they "thank" the gift-giver before they even open the gift. "Say 'thank you', I tell them, "the very second it it given. Then open it..."
This, too, a gift from His loving hand.
In our home, these has been the words we have been speaking to each other lately...
Today, as I drove around Southern California lost, a bit anxious and late for an appointment, my husband (after giving me correct directions and helping me find my way) said these words to me through the cell phone. He said them as we were hanging up. He said them with a smile in his voice. I could hear it. I could hear his smile, saying those gentle words...
This, too, my love, ...is a gift from His loving hand.
Deepening trust. That is what I have been asking for. This is just what I asked Him for this morning. Father, I am rooted and established in love. May I know this Love more! May I trust this Love, Your love. May I rest in Your unfailing love.
To grow in the knowledge of the height and depth of His love and then to rest in that Truth always. ...in all circumstances.
When I am lost. Or, in pain. When I am sad. Or, overwhelmed. When I am tired.
To see my life as wonderfully ordered and beautifully orchestrated by a loving, Creative, kind and All knowing Father. To trust all things He allows and brings and gives... as gifts from His loving hand.
This too...is from My loving hand...
Trust is not trust until it has been tested.
- Charles Spurgeon
