Thursday, December 15, 2011

Dearest God,

For 20 minutes I listened to a six-year-old chatterbox as she told me how she had the "funnest and bestest time in her whole life" at my home. She carried on and on telling me new ideas for next year's advent weekend. Quietly I chuckled with joy knowing that the time Lucy spent with her two siblings and four cousins at my home last weekend was meaningful to her.

But it was what happened at the end of the conversation that touched my heart. I told her I was Christmas shopping and that I wanted her to tell me what she would like for Christmas. "Grandma, I don't need anything! I just want your love and you." She quickly replied. "Lucy, you are such a sweetie pie but I want to buy you a gift. Please give me an idea." Four times she assured me that my love for her was enough. She didn't need anything more.

As I consider the magnificent way your love grows inside us providing us with love to share with others around us, I am amazed how a tiny seed of love can grow and multiply, increasing ten fold, a hundred fold, a thousand fold, and more. When my grandchildren are with me for special times, that love grows exponentially and I know the leaven for that love is you.

Glorious and Generous God,
bless you
for the
seed of
your love
planted within us.
Thank you
for the fruit
that is produced
by your love.
Thank you
for gifts
that make
your love
grow more
and more
and more.

Love, Andrea