Sevenjoy's Blog

Unless you become as a little child….

Last week, my daughter called and said her babysitter’s child was sick. Could I take Joshua? Joshua is 14 months old, and that would be the first time I had him for a long time without his older sisters there too. I said he could come.

So here’s what happened: We had a great time! We ate, we examined Grandma’s stuff to find good toys, we played music and danced, I sang him to sleep when it was nap time — in short, I just loved him and our time together.

It was unexpected. It was like when my own children were young, and my heart was completely full and engrossed with them — each one of them. All six of them. It was that attentive, always-on-my-mind kind of love that I believe God has for us. You know, where you are thinking “Where is he?” “Is he hungry?” “Is he safe?” “Oh, isn’t that sweet?” “Look how smart he is.”

It felt like he was a part of me.

And so I learned about God’s love, in a body and soul way.