This past week has been so much fun! Dave and I have been taking care of our two youngest grandchildren.
Their folks will be coming home tomorrow evening and our time here will come to an end. What a joy it has been!
I know you think I am going to start bragging about how cute, smart, talented and obedient they are. I would love too but there just isn’t enough time. Suffice it to say, they are sweet and we love them.
These days have been precious…Yes, that’s the word.
Precious is used to describe something with monetary value like precious stones or to describe something emotionally valuable. Our days have been rich with memory making moments.
Looking at these two each day I can see God’s hand of blessing on my family. I can see God’s design in our marriage, our having children and them choosing mates and having children. Yes, it has been a continual pattern of blessing. God’s provision for us is indeed precious.
“How precious is Your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge and put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.” Psalm 36: 7 AMPC
We can place our love and trust in Him knowing that He will protect and provide.
Sam and Kristine depended on Dave and I to feed and protect them. They knew we would help them and do what’s right because they were confident of our love.
In the same way, our heavenly Father wants us to trust in His love. He reassures us by telling us how much time He spends thinking about us.
“O Lord my God, many are the great works You have done, and Your thoughts toward us. No one can compare with You! If I were to speak and tell of them, there would be too many to number.” Psalm 40:5 NLV
We have spent the last seven days creating memories, precious memories. Recalling them, at some time in the future, will bring us right back to this place and the joy we feel now.
That’s the way it is with God. He remembers the good times we’ve had with Him and all the while, He chooses to forget our sins.
“ I will show loving-kindness to them and forgive their sins. I will remember their sins no more.” Hebrews 8:12 NLV
The Lord has so many good thoughts and plans for us. He wants our lives full and complete. Each day we spent with Him is a memory-maker.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV
Lord, thank you for thinking of me. Thank you for the good plans you have for me. Thank you that you consider me precious. I love you.