My heart could burst sometimes when I look at my babies and I am so in love with them. Sometimes I am utterly and completely overwhelmed with how incredible and precious and beautiful they are. My heart fills to overflowing and I can't contain how I feel. There are simply no words adequate enough to express this in full. I was just gazing in awe at a picture of my precious Thea and how much this feeling was overtaking me just as I was looking at it.
Then my mind went to Daddy God. He's my Father and I came from Him. Could He be feeling that same thing when He looks at me? Could He be so madly in love with my very existence too? The way I smile and laugh. How I am moved to compassion when I see someone who is hurting. How my eyebrows furrow when I'm deep in thought, as I am often. Even how I get all out of whack when something doesn't go as I think it should go. Could I possibly turn the head of the God of the universe? Could He really notice me in that way?
And what if God made and designed mothering to, in part, reveal this to us? It's as if He is saying, "See! This is how I feel about you! This is what I think of you! When you fall head over heels in love with this precious little one, think of Me. Think of how much I love you."
Mothering is a gift. From God. To you. And me. I think He designed motherhood to speak of His undying, pure and sacrificial love for us to see in a tangible way in our life here on earth. I'm sure there are other ways too. All of creation tells of His glory and wonder. But what is it about a mom and her baby, when the two are nose-to-nose gazing into each others eyes in a way that only the two can? A picture of God the Father loving ever so tenderly on His beloved children who are safe in His arms.
Psalm 103:13
As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him.
(Quick side note study on the word "pities" in this verse-Hebrew word racham meaning: to love deeply, to feel or show compassion, to tenderly regard someone, to tenderly love (especially as parents love their infant child.))
