Gift of Love

My mother just had her 90th birthday. They had a party for her, and one of the extended family gave her a gift of gifts. A round "cake" which is small boxes shaped like slices of cake and each day she opens one of the boxes for her gift. Excellent idea. She is loving it. She can hardly wait for the next day to open another slice of cake. It has 16 slices (gifts) to open.

This morning I was reading Hosea 11, and there it was—a slice of cake—"I taught them to walk, taking them by their arms; but they did not know that I healed them. I drew them with gentle cords, with bands of love, and I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. I stooped and fed them."

God did all of that for the nation of Israel, even though they had walked away from Him. They built altars to idols, lived in adultery, hatred and disobedience. YET God continued his love.

God is the same today. He picks me up out of my rubble, cleans me up, loves on me gently, takes the burden so I can move on in a relationship with him. How awesome is that!! It really can't get much better than that.

Take a bite from this cake of love and enjoy the day. God is so good and wonderful to us, in spite of who we are. We don't deserve it, but it is His Grace that continues to shower us everyday.

God bless you