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Everyone that knows me at all knows that my children mean so much to me- they are the lights in my life- they bring me a feeling that I cannot describe in words. Tonight I was reading a pretty popular book (that several people had recommended I would enjoy) and I read two sentences that made me really really think- you know, one of those sentences that you re-read a few times just because you want to make sure that you are getting it. This was the first sentence-” Nothing compares to being truly exuberantly wanted by your children.” That sentence meant something to me- I understood it-I related to it. That feeling when your children are very young and you know that you are all they have- you are the one they depend on for everything- and then when they get older and go to school for the first time- and you pick them up and they run to you- they are happy to finally be with who they love most in the world- then they go through that “interesting” part of their life- where they might be too cool for you to be around- but every now and then when a silly girl breaks their heart or when they don’t make the team, or when they are picked on for a cultural difference- they come to you (ever so privately) but still they come to you and need you again. Then they go away to college and their time is what you are up against but when they do have the time- they come home and they bring friends and they tease you about your “parenting flaws”- I understood that sentence so well- “truly exuberantly wanted.” The second sentence is this-“Over time I realized that when we love God, we naturally run to Him- frequently and zealously” (exuberantly wanted) It hit me hard- thinking about this love for our Father- thinking about how strong our desire should be for Him-our desire to be His- to be with Him. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind.” Truly exuberantly wanted! It is my prayer that I will not have just read it but that I will mean it- that I will live it- that I will let my “Parent” ” my God” know that He is wanted!
