Mom Heart Moments #30

You will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

THESE PAST FEW YEARS, I have focused my spiritual study on Jesus Himself. Jesus is, according to Hebrews 1:3, “the exact representation of [God’s] nature.” In other words, when you see Jesus in Scripture, you see God Himself living in the flesh. To look at Jesus is to behold God the Father.

Jesus was a man who walked on water, was tossed about in the stormy sea on a smelly fishing boat, and hosted a picnic that satisfied the hunger of thousands of people. He didn’t just talk about truth, He filled rumbling stomachs. Jesus touched the untouchables —a prostitute, lepers, the sick and dying —with tenderness and love. He held children on His knee and laughed with and loved them. Jesus was not afraid to rage at the religious leaders who led people in legalism and performance but were not compassionate —He was not afraid of them at all. He talked of birds, trees, lilies, mountains, and creation. Jesus, the very Son of God, washed 120 dirty toes the night before He died, and wiped them tenderly with a towel as a mother bathes the children she loves. He celebrated and drank wine at a wedding, cooked fish on the beach, and validated women for their service and tender love toward Him.

It is the life and reality of God that my children long for. For now, they experience this through my service, love, faith, and confident celebration of life. I can only give to them what I have found by loving Him on my own, by seeing Him with my own eyes, by understanding Him in my own quiet time, and then living from a soul fully engaged in Him.

Do you experience the truth of today’s Scripture —of God’s fullness of joy? Ask Him to open your heart to see it more clearly today.