Love

I want to talk about love tonight. The kind of love in which you know that everything is right in your world. The kind of love that you can't fully explain. For me, I don't receive love through gifts. I receive love through touch. I feel love the most when I can physically touch it. The best example that I have of this is children. I fully understand what love is when I hold little babies. This is what I think is so beautiful. I do not love them because of what they give me. I do not love them because of what they do. I love them because of them. I love them because they are children of God. How can you not love them? It is in and through children that I am able to understand love, true love. We want what is best for these children and we do it. When they cry, we feed them, change their diaper, care for them, hold them. This is what all love should be like. When someone is in pain, we should care for them; crying, comfort them; lonely, befriend them. It is through children that I am able to see what God sees. Think about this. Think about the way that you look at little babies, especially newborns. Think about the way that you look at every inch of their body. The way that you gaze at them. The way that you are so delicate with them. The way that you talk about them. The way that you caress them, hold them, comfort them. Think about that. I have news my friends. The way that we look at babies is the same way that Jesus looks at us. Now that's a thought. We see babies as beautiful and wonderful little creatures. God looks at us the same way. If there is ever a moment when you don't feel loved, imagine a child and realize that God looks at you in that way. He holds us, smiles at us, gazes at us, warms us, and comforts us. Isn't that a beautiful picture? If you have ever wondered why I love children so much it is because of this. It is because I am able to see God, who is love, more clearly through children.