All this week, Matthew has been visiting his grandparents in Kerrville.
There are things we have been planning and preparing to surprise him with when he comes home.
One in particular is something he has been wanting for nearly 9 months.
- Uconnect headphones for our Chrysler Town & Country. I ordered them and they finally came in the mail. When I opened the package, I found, they each take 2 AAA batteries. Thankfully, there was no pairing to manually do. Once batteries were in, they worked immediately.
Initially, I didn't have any spare batteries on hand. So, my next step was writing down batteries on my shopping list. Come the following day, once I bought them, and put them in, I was soon found sitting in the parked car, in the garage, with the headphones on. In all of this, my eagerness to see his response was mounting. Like a child, I was giddy over this just thinking of how he will enjoy these. I so enjoy the anticipation. However, now that everything is all is put together, I find the wait so hard to tolerate.
In that I thought, "Is our Heavenly Father like this too? Does He anticipate our arrival at a new place in Him, ever so eager to give us what He has in store? Does He look forward to a new day with great hope that we will find all He has prepared for us in this day?"
I dare say, "Yes. He most certainly does!"
To think, Our Heavenly Father gets such delight and joy from being able to bless us, surprise us, and give to us. How He goes before us and prepares the way, then brings us to a place of blessing ...how He must long for with great expectation, the joy and marvel we have over what all He has done. How we must likewise bring Him delight as we delight in Him. - Not in anyway for pride's sake...oh no. He is not in that. No, this is for Love's sake! Our Creator, our God, Our Father is so overwhelmingly compelled by love. He not only operates in love but He is Love. And, it is in that same love that we marvel, that we awe, that we delight, that we appreciate, that we enjoy all He has done and does. It is all about relationship. ...It is all about a Father and His children.
