I realized very recently, that as I grieve over someone who hurts me deeply, that God grieves when I hurt Him also! When I fail to follow what He tells me to do, especially when I do the same sin over again, He grieves! I am sad when I don’t hear from my kids. I miss them. God feels this same way when I don’t speak to Him, through prayer. So, when I grieve now, I think of You(God). When I realize how much God thinks of me and loves me, I know that I grieve Him when our relationship isn’t what it should be. It hurts His heart.
As a parent, more and more, I see how much having kids teaches me about the love He has for me but also the disappointment that I cause Him. There are three things that I find similar as a parent and also as a child of God. I see God valuing these three qualities/ characteristics also and wanting them from me. The first thing is relationship. A relationship requires communication. Next is time spent together. This is also part of a relationship, is that we spend time together and the third quality is following what He wants for and from me.
Jeremiah 31:3 says
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”
As He loves me, as well as every person that He created, I love my children also! He loves me as a sinner! I am not perfect but He is. I have failed my kids many times but He has never failed me!
When I Communicate, Now I Think Of You!
When I hear from my kids and we get to talk for a while, it is really important and precious! I know that communication between God and me is even more important. In fact, I can learn a lot about communicating with everyone when I speak and listen to God through His Word and prayer.
Psalm 145:18-19 says: ” The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear Him; He also hears their cry and saves them.”
When I Want Time, Now I Think Of You!
Jeremiah 2:32: ” Does a young woman forget her jewelry? Does a bride hide her wedding dress? Yet for years on end my people have forgotten me.”
Sometimes we forget about people who should be important to us. We place them as much lower priority when they dearly love us and want to spend valuable time with us. Jeremiah was speaking about the Jews forgetting their God. It was not a mental “forgetting” but one of not valuing them and considering them a high priority. This brings me to ask the question, “Does God feel grief because I have forgotten Him and don’t value spending time with Him?
When I Want Them To Follow, Now I Think Of You!
Another hope that a parent has,is that their children follow their guidance. Our children, when they are adults, may not follow exactly what we want for them, but we really wish the best for them. We don’t want to see our kids end up in tough circumstances so, we give them what help and guidance we can. The best that we can give them is to pass down a godly heritage to them. We hope that they grow up to mature in their faith and love for the Lord. Hopefully, if they follow, this will prevent a lot of bad things from happening. God wants our best too! He does not want to see His children suffer difficult consequences, so He gives us His Word to guide and teach us to do right and follow Him.
Matthew 16:24 “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
3 John 1:4 “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
John 14:6 “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Now that I am older, my kids are older, plus I have four grandchildren, I see more clearly that what I love and want is very close to what God wants from me! I am special to Him and you are special to Him also! Communicate, spend time with Him and follow Him! You won’t regret it! I sure am having a great time watching and spending time with our two grandchildren that live closest to us! It is a joy and a privilege!
This is my youngest daughter and my granddaughter! It is special to have time with them! I miss it when we don’t! I miss our other two daughters and grandchildren as well.
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Thank you for this valuable insight into our relationship with Daddy God. What a beautiful family!
Great wisdom here. Thank you for glorifying God with your talent!
Thank you, I am finally doing what I can to follow Him in obedience with writing. I was scared for a long time.
My dear, you are doing wonderfully well. The Lord is your strength and will always help you to navigate through the vicissitudes in your life unscathed. I pray that through the Power of the Holy Spirit, may God bless you more abundantly through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
I can completely relate to this. We ache for our children as God aches for us. And his love is so much more…
Yes, His love is greater! We really do hurt for our own!
Hi, Rebecca. I grieve over my “lost boy,” my 39 year old son who is away from the Lord and has not contacted me for about two years, since his divorce. Seems he “divorced” everyone that was not “supportive” of his divorce. I try occasional texts or email, but never hear any answer. We send cards to the two grandsons, but again, never hear from them (9 and 11).
And your blog reminds me of how much I have hurt Father, much more than my son or grandsons can ever hurt me. And just as Father’s love has drawn me back to Him, I hope someday my and His continuing love will reestablish contact with my son and grandsons.
Thanx for this encouraging word! c.a.
sorry that I haven’t had a chance to write back. I have had an incredibly busy week watching our young grandkids. I’m awfully sorry about your son! I am praying, I know it is hard to not have contact, it has happened to us before. It is really sad. I hope that this gets better. We both understand the grieving heart of God, to a degree. God bless!
I worry when I don’t see your posts. I am so glad you are still writing good stuff. The girls are beautiful!
Thank you for caring! Our daughter is still going through a lot and asked me to watch our grandkids a few days a week. I don’t know long this is going to go on. I’m happy to do it a few times, but I didn’t know what to expect, so I have to get into a rhythm and change my days of writing. I worked on writing earlier in the week, but it is so hard at their young age to get much done. Please continue to pray! I’m glad to help her! I would rather them be at our house as much as possible but with that said, it can be tough to get things done. I will just have to wait and see. I’m still at it though! I love writing!
I will do more still but I may be a bit more limited at least for a while. Take care and God bless!
I know how hard that can be. I almost did E-mail you, but then you showed up. I am glad you all are Okay! You are a Good Mamma!
Thank you! You are a huge support!
Also, feel free to write me any time and I will let you know what is happening
Powerful exposition of the Word of God.