While I was up in Minnesota for camp during some of the summer, I spent the weekends at my aunt and uncle's house. Though very much sleep deprived from the week, I loved running around with some of my younger cousins, Buddy and Kallie, and playing a game with them. Their game was very simple--they try to capture me and put me in the 'dungeon', I try to escape from capture. I cherished every second of their laughter and smiles. But after a while of running around, even they were happy to sit down and eat supper.
After fighting over who got to sit next to me (Kallie won that time), Kallie turned to me and loudly announced that she had a secret to tell me. I smiled at her and she leaned in close. Cupping both of her small hands around my ear in a very secretive manner, she declared (loudly enough for everyone at the table to hear), "Guess what?? I love you!". My heart melted at this adorable moment from my little cousin. Kallie sat there grinning at me, so I cupped my hands around her ear and whispered that I loved her, too.
Just like how Kallie's loud 'secret' message wasn't a secret, so is God's message to you. His message to you? He loves you! No matter what you've done wrong, what you've been through, how long you've been on the wrong path for, God still loves you, and He always will. Ephesians 3:17-19 says, “So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” His love is wide, long, high, and deep. Nothing can separate us from His love, and He wants you to know that.
Kayla Joy
