I Love You God...

I’m going to ask you for some indulgence as I post this blog today. It will not be about emotional eating but about how God Loves us.

It’s funny how God can reveal Himself to us. He does it in the most creative ways, through songs heard on the radio, a friend just telling us about their day and even through our children. I think God uses children, at least in my life, quite a bit.

When my oldest child was 8 years old we were on our weekly trip to the grocery store. During that time grocery stores gave out balloons to children instead of cookies. We got a balloon and it was our custom to let the balloon go when we got home. It was game to us, the last person to see the balloon won. This time was a little different. Chase wanted to write a note on it to God. I asked him what he wanted to say? He said, “Please write, I love you God.” Well I tried to persuade him to say it in a different way and write “God, I Love You. Chase.” He said “NO” I want it to say I Love you God.” Well, I wasn’t feeling too controlling that day so I said “ok”. We wrote on the balloon and let it go.

Fast forward about 5 years, we’re living in a different city. I was talking with a client at the end of a day and she shared with me how God was working in her life. She said it all started with a balloon. She said she was feeling discouraged and was praying to God outside her home when a balloon came floating down with a note on it. It said, “I Love You God” I looked at her in shock...I asked her when this happened and she confirmed that it was the same time my son had wrote his message to God.

It still amazes me how He can use the simplest moments in our life to make an impact on another person’s life. Most of the time He doesn’t reveal to us how he is using us and I’m thankful that God let me see how he used my son. I still cry when I think about this.

Do you need a balloon today? Just ask God to reveal Himself to you...He will, it could be through a song, a kind word from a friend, through prayer and or reading on His word. He promises to be there for us.

Blessings,