dailydatewithgod

God embraces.  The level at which we are loved has no comparison.  The depth of our recognition of that love is entirely us.  Often we are in the midst of love and experiencing it but it doesn’t match a preconceived notion and so we think it is not present.  We have expectations of how love will show up and from whom.  What if we are experiencing it constantly and are just not aware of it? What if God is expressing affection towards us but it is in a way we do not look for and consequently don’t see?  In a world of definitions and categories we become so wedded to things matching our previous experience and understanding.  God by definition is something more than our understanding, why wouldn’t God’s affection for us also be beyond our understanding?  Perhaps the smile from the stranger, the laughter from our child, the car that let us in front of them on the freeway, the person who picked up the trash on the sidewalk, the breeze that gave us chills on our skin are all expressions of affection from God.

My prayer for us is the willingness to let our hearts see affection expressed by God in ways our eyes are closed to today.

If God is constantly expressing affection and expressions of love towards us, how might you be willing to open the eyes of your heart to it today?  Share in the comments.