Let us express our love daily to God, our family, our friends, our enemies, through words, actions, and omissions.
My Little Girl
--by David H. Roper, Our Daily Bread, copyright 2001 RBC Ministries
Several years ago, I read about a girl named Mary who had been born with a cleft palate. When she started school, her classmates teased her and taunted her unmercifully because of her scarred and misshapen lip, crooked nose, lopsided teeth, and garbled speech. Mary soon became convinced that no one could love her.
There was a teacher in the second grade, however, whom all the children liked. Mrs. Leonard was a cheerful woman, full of good humor and affection. Each year she checked the children's hearing with a simple test. The students would stand across the room from her as she whispered a question such as: "Do you have a new dress?" or "What color are your shoes?" and the child would answer.
When the time came for Mary's turn, she listened closely for the teacher to whisper. Then, she heard these words: "I wish you were my little girl."
Those words changed Mary's life forever. She realized she was loved, despite her flawed features, by someone who mattered.
Though you may feel unworthy and unwanted, God wants you to know that He is merciful, forgiving, and full of love for you (Psalm 103:1-8). Do you know that God loves you like that?
--He does:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (2)
1.-The Bible, Lev. 19:18; Deut. 6:5; Mat. 22:37-40
2.-Ibid, Gospel of the Apostle John, chapter 3, verse 16
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