For approximately a week now I've been having the following conversation with a sweet student in my class every single morning:
Student walks through the door. I call him over and say repeatedly, "I love you." To which I NEVER receive a response .....until I say, "Do you love me?" he always replies, "YES," with a Huge smile on his face. Then I continue to ask him if his Mommy loves him, if his Daddy loves him, if his friends love him and so on. With each question his smile gets larger and he always responds, "YES." Everyday after these questions are asked and the same responses are given I say, " how do you know we love you?" And he replies, "Because we love with our hearts."
Well yesterday after he replied" Because we love with our hearts," I asked, "why." And he said," the Bible says so its in the verse...." I continued to ask what verse for several minutes and he finally says, " Love the LORD with all your heart, that's what the Bible says."
I don't know when the last time I recited this verse was but immediately I began to say out loud, "Trust in the LORD with with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge HiM and HE will direct your paths!"
I swear I couldn't control the tears for the next five or ten minutes. God is so HUGE and he is using a four year old to lead me to scripture. I was amazed and in awe of what took place.
I know that this life that I'm living is not my forever life. I understand that I am "walking through" what feels like "the shadow of death." But I do trust and believe that He is going to give me the strength to get through it.
Thanks to HIM I didn't "MISS THE BUS" yesterday! I see the real picture. And I'm so thankful that HE uses even the smallest of the small to make sure we know HE is right with us when the going gets tough.
