I love when God uses little moments with my children to teach me! I had just changed Baby Girl's diaper and was playing with her on her floor. We were exchanging hugs and she ran to the other side of the room. I threw my arms open, and she ran as fast as she could back to me and jumped in my arms. We repeated this over and over. As I was watching her I felt God impress on me, "You are just like her". I watched her as she ran back across the room, then I noticed that when she turned back around to face me, she didn't take off running for my arms until she saw that they were open, ready for her. Then she ran with all her might as if something was after her yet smiling from ear to ear as she did it!
As I sat and watched that same event over and over, I knew what God was telling me. I want so badly to run into his open arms. But like Baby Girl, I hesitate. I don't have a visible God sitting on the floor for me to physically run into his physical arms. I have to do it by faith. I have to believe by faith that His arms are open and ready for me to take that leap. That when I run with all my might to Him, He is going to be there with open arms ready to hold me and to heal any wound I acquired on my trip across the room to get to His open arms. That's hard for me these days. Past wounds and disappointments keep me from believing His arms are open. I know He was trying to tell me that just like I am sitting there waiting for her to run to me, so He is for me! And that the same joy and laughter I have when Baby Girl nearly knocks me over when she throws her arms around my neck is the same joy He has when I do the same with Him!
So today, I'm taking that as a love letter from God and I'm choosing to believe He will catch me and hold me close....and I'm running with all my might into His open arms!
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