Reflection: God delights in you...

What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love Him, this God has revealed to us through the Spirit.  1 Corinthians 2:9-10 

God delights in you.  Our Father looks upon His children with a love we can not comprehend, a love that is beyond human understanding. God is intimately aware of everything about you, every detail.  He watches over you tenderly.  You are always on His mind.  Do you have a childhood memory of waiting for your father to come home?  I remember waiting at the end of the street with my sisters and brothers, watching and waiting, in anticipation for Daddy to come home from work.  When we caught sight of him, we ran to him and his loving arms were open to us.  Our Father in Heaven is waiting for you to come to Him.  Run to Him.  He is waiting to embrace you in His love.  

O God, how generously Your mercy is spread everywhere, and You have done all this for man.  Oh, how much You must love him, since Your love is so active on his behalf.  O my Creator and Lord, I see on all sides the trace of Your hand and the seal of Your mercy, which embraces all created things.  Diary of Saint Faustina 1749

For the Lord takes delight in his people.  Psalm 149:4



Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span? Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin.  But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?  Matthew 6:27-30

"So it is in the world of souls, the living garden of the Lord. It pleases Him to create great saints, who may be compared with lilies or the rose; but He has also created little ones, who must be content to be daisies or violets nestling at His feet to delight His eyes when He should choose to look at them. The happier they are to be as He wills, the more perfect they are."  Saint Therese, the Little Flower

God delights in the simplicity of these flowers of the field, and by stooping low to them, He shows how infinitely great He is and how precious every soul is to Him.

Be still and know that I am God.  Psalm 46:10  

Meditation:
Find a place where you can be still and quiet your mind.  Imagine you are resting in the arms of your Father in heaven.  He gazes at you with great love.  He holds you close.  No words are exchanged but, in that embrace, you know you are loved.  Stay with Him.  Let Him love you.  As you rest in His arms, ask Him what He wants to say to you.  Ask Him to speak a word to you.  Listen to Him.  You are His beloved child and you are beautiful.  Be still and hear His voice. 

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.  1 John 3:1