Monday, June 9

Restoration...

You know, I never understood 1 Timothy 2.15.  "...but women will be restored through childbearing..."  At least, not until I saw this truth lived out on a personal level.  

I have two daughters.  Each is beautiful, smart, and funny but I don't love either of them because of  these attributes.  I love them because they are mine ... at least for a while.  When I read their little handwritten love notes, I see myself as loving.  When I hear their uncontrolled laughter, I have to laugh myself.  And when I see the innocence in their big, brown eyes I am reminded that I was once innocent, too.  For a moment I get a glimpse of myself  as I believe my Father sees me ... pure, holy, beautiful ... with unlimited potential.   And I am restored. 

 

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