To Infinity and Beyond!

I have a bookshelf in my dining room. It holds treasures that are priceless to me. A musical snow globe from my daddy, trinkets from great grand and grandparents, nativities from family and friends, and a few special things passed down to me from my mom.

I need to catalogue these prize possessions so my kids and grand kids will know their significance when I am running around on the streets of gold.

The bottom shelf contains photo albums. On the next shelf up I carefully placed special items that need to be treated gently yet can be handled by the grandbabies. There's a nativity that Abbie and I found in a "junk shop" years ago (one of my favorite shopping stops). There are also a few figurines.

Ever since Lilley K could walk, she has stood at this shelf and examined the pieces. She especially likes a little girl wearing a straw hat and has held her and looked at her and carefully placed her back on the shelf.

Our house was buzzing this past Saturday with girls a-baking and grandbabies a-running and a few naps here and there.

Sunday morning as I scuffled to the coffee pot I stopped at my shelf to look and remember (yes, I do that often). I glanced down and saw a precious sight. You get to see it in the above picture. At some point yesterday, two year old Lil K rearranged the nativity and placed that little girl by the baby Jesus. Gracious my heart melted! I would love to have known what was going through her creative little mind as she put each figurine in its place.

I smiled as I thought of her singing "we are weak but he be strong" and saying her prayers "thank you God for potatoes and Daddy and Mommy and Pop and Dramaw" and whomever else she is thinking of at the moment. She is a blessed little girl in so many ways. The people in her life love her deeply.

My smile came from this thought--she's getting it. She feels loved by God. And that eternal relationship with Him begins with knowing He loves her to infinity and beyond. 

Guess what my cyber-friend? God loves YOU to infinity and beyond. Consider this blog your invitation to invite Him into your life.

Now is the time to trust Him as your Savior. Now is the season of your life to take all that you understand of yourself and give it to all you understand about God. Don't wait until you get things straightened out or you have all your questions answered. Don't wait for someone else to make your life better. Don't wait.

You see, that little sleeping baby Jesus came to this world so you and I could live our short years on earth knowing His presence and when we close our eyes to this world we can open them in Glory.

I would love to meet you one day in heaven. We will be there to infinity and beyond!