Holding Tight

Yes, I'm typing this RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the U.K. Final Four game against U of L. Crazy! I don't want to forget this though. Levi just reminded me of some things so so sweet and so very important. He's not been feeling well with a bug in his tummy and congestion. He even ran a fever today, while I have also been sick with an earache. After some good meds, he got a little energy this evening and sat in front of the stereo singing along to a Kids Praise CD. This CD has become one of his very favorites. It's an oldie- a lot of the "old songs" that I can remember singing as a little child. Soon, I heard this...

"Love, love, love, love, the gospel in a word is 'love.' Love your neighbor as your brother. Love, love, love."
And he sang it over and over and over...

I'd never paid much attention to those lyrics before, even though I sang that song many times as a child. Because of the repetition of words in the song, it's one of the few he can sing in his sweet broken English. I thought what a simple, sweet, and TRUE statement. The gospel in a word IS love. Period. Love God, love others. Love, Love, Love! I thought of God's sacrificial love so that we could know and then live this truth. We are entering Holy Week, as we prepare to celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. All of this was out of LOVE, not duty. He died to show us love and to give us love through an act of love. What a great reminder in the midst of the craziness of life, sicknesses, and March Madness. Sad that we can get so caught up in other things and completely miss this.

Levi sat there for quite a while until he spotted some things on the bookshelf. One of them being an old Bible of mine in a cloth case. He inquired about it, and I told him it was one of Mommy's Bibles. Just saying that stung. One of Mommy's Bibles. Mommy probably has at least four. And some people have none.....

The conversation then went like this:

Levi: "Mommy Bible?"
Me: "Yes, does Levi want it?"
Levi: "Levi? Bible? Dis? (this)
Me: "Yes, you can have it."
Levi: "Levi? Bible? Dis?!" (getting excited)
Me: "Yes, Levi Bible."
Levi (BIG SMILE): "Ohhhh...tank you Mommy! Tank you!"
And he gave me a huge hug.

Levi took the Bible held it against his chest. Then, walked down the hall to take his newest treasure to his bedroom.

Lord, thank You for how You continually teach me through the fresh eyes of Levi. Please let him never forget Your love for him and through him and may he always hold tight to Your Word as if it's a newly found treasure. Please do the same for me,too.