Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Katie's prayer: Steven Curtis Chapman's "Treasure of You"

Just the thought of you brings a smile to His face
God loves you with amazing grace


This line just kept sticking out to me. I started thinking about what brings a smile to my face by just thinking about it. In no particular order: my family, my friends, my dog, my teens, sleeping, Adoration, a beautiful day... All these things I love. But as I was thinking about it, I honestly can’t put the things above into any order, because I don’t really love anyone more than anyone else. They are all equal (ok, maybe sleeping is last, but that’s not really a person, so it doesn’t count). And I realized, this is how God is too. God doesn’t have favorites. God loves everyone. No one more than anyone else. And really, if God doesn’t have a special order to people, then neither should I. Like I said above, I’ve already got that down with the people I love. The tough part comes when adding the people I don’t love in that group. Adding in those people that frustrate me, those people that anger me, those people that disappoint me, those people that annoy me. I should be loving them the same as my friends, my family, my teens, my dog, and Adoration (aka God). Sometimes, being like God isn’t so easy.

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