The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
In the video above, Jami Backell compares God’s love to a grandmother gently rocking, soothing, and singing her baby grandchild to sleep. What a beautiful image!
I don’t have the most difficult life by any stretch of the imagination, but sometimes it’s challenging being a pastor and a student and a husband and a father all at once. There’s a part of my soul that longs to be comforted, to be picked up and sang to and rocked to sleep. Unfortunately I’ve gained a bit of weight since I was an infant—it’s not too likely anyone is going to give me the adorable baby treatment nowadays.
Thankfully, the Lord our God, the Mighty One, is big enough to lift us up, strong enough to quiet our anxieties, and loving enough to rejoice over us with singing.
Oh Lord, help us to remember that no matter what else we’ve become, we will always be your children. Amen.
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