When I was little life seemed so simple! My heart was captivated by the everyday adventures of life. Playing with my brothers out side, getting a new baby doll to love, or maybe spending time laying underneath the piano bench listening to the songs my Momma played which became in some ways, the foundation of my walk with God. 'Jesus loves me' is a song which plays even now in my hearts memory bank. Oh, how simple life was to my little girls heart!
Oh the laughter and silliness of being a child, in the 1950's! Roller skates which could be adjusted to fit our sneakers for riding down the neighborhood sidewalks, provided my brothers and I with more than our share of band aids and sore behinds. Movies on the weekends and listening to music were fun times to us all. We rode our bicycles for hours until our Dad whistled for us to come home in time for dinner.
Soon I will share pictures of my childhood with you and maybe then the innocence of my younger days will inspire you to look within your own heart for just one lovely glimpse of the person you were before trials and heartache came along and robbed you of sweeter days. Maybe you can relate to the simple time of which I write. Life was sweet and so was our love for each other.
There are always blessings to come! Our hope is not in things of old but in the saving, transforming grace of a loving creator who designed our tiny baby hearts to love Him and find complete and utter joy in the simple thing we call life. 'My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus Christ and righteousness'! We have sung this countless times around the piano growing up as kids. 'Oh how I love Jesus' is the melody which plays over and over in my heart!
Perhaps you have memories you would rather close up tight in the closet of despair and forget about whatever caused you hurt. I have good news from Jesus own testimony: You my friend are loved! Jesus said in Matthew 19: 14 Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.
As I walk the journey we refer to as life, the little girl within me still looks forward to the simple blessings ahead of me each day. Nothing captures the love of God better than little people. They look for little ways to find joy, simple gifts of nature can cause their hearts to glow with delight! Have you lost the light which glows within your heart today? I am a living testimony to the power of His grace to take a broken woman and restore her to wholeness and a willingness to share and love in a way I never thought possible.
Why not bow your head and ask the Savior to pour a fresh glimpse of his spirit on your weary heart today? Healing is grace fulfilled and joy can once again grow within a heart which is repentant, and ready to lay it's self before the healing love of Jesus. Truth is who knows better than the very God who molded your precious soul with in the tiny speck of what was once just a glimmer in your earthy Daddy's eye? 'Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey'!
From a woman's heart restored, I pray love upon your beautiful heart today! With love always, R.B.
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