It was a beautiful day at Red Fish Lake, years ago, where Grandma was camping with several of her children and their families. Those were such happy times together.
As the evening shadows were growing longer, we were sitting around a crackling campfire, just visiting and relaxing. Someone suggested we go around the circle and tell what we were thankful for. What a good idea!
Soon it was little three-year-old Kathy’s turn. We all watched, as the little girl was comfortably settled on her daddy’s lap. Then she lifted her happy little face up to his ear for a whispered moment and quickly looked down again, with a smug little smile on her face. Since she’s a quiet little girl, we couldn’t hear a word of what she had said, so we asked her daddy what she had said she was thankful for. He didn’t say anything. So someone asked again, “What was Kathy thankful for?” Finally her daddy could trust himself to speak and said that she had whispered, “YOU.” How that must have thrilled that dear daddy’s heart.
Did you know that when we belong to the Lord Jesus, we are the children of our heavenly Father, no matter how old we are? Yes, it’s true. And our dear Father in heaven would love to hear from us about how much we love Him. Let’s warm His heart too by thanking Him often.
ML-11/09/2014