Little feet toddle over. Balancing the weight of a book in her hands. Over and over. The same book placed in my hands. The same story, same pictures, yet she wants to hear it, see it again.<\/p>\n
I recall sweet days. Again and again, I would go to the bookshelf and retrieve the same book. Sitting in the warmth of my dad’s lap I would delight in the same story again. Something satisfying, comforting about sitting upon his lap, hearing his voice, and the familiar\u00a0story that made me smile. Yes, a safe place, a beautiful place where in that moment nothing else mattered, nothing else was calling our names. We could rest. We could get lost in the pages.<\/p>\n
I see its sweetness now with my own daughter wrapped in my arms. This sweetness of rest, comfort, cares aside.<\/p>\n
How often do I return to the bookshelf? Again and again. Over and over for the same book. To hear the story again and again while I rest in the arms of my God.<\/p>\n
As a child finding nothing better. Opening the Lord’s book, sitting with Him with nothing else calling my name.<\/p>\n
Hearing God’s voice and the familiar\u00a0love story that makes me smile from the inside out. Something satisfying, comforting.<\/p>\n
It is not easy to pause from our busy world. It is not easy to pull away from the tasks and demands. However, would you invite a child upon your lap? Would you read them the same story a million times just to see them smile?<\/p>\n
God will do the same for you. Rest in Him, child, upon His lap. With His book…rest…<\/p>\n
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1 Peter 5:7\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/sup>casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.<\/em> ESV<\/span><\/p>\n Psalm 23:1-3\u00a0The Lord<\/span> is my shepherd;\u00a0<\/span><\/em>I have all that I need.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>He lets me rest in green meadows;\u00a0<\/span><\/em>he leads me beside peaceful streams.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>He renews my strength.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>He guides me along right paths,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>bringing honor to his name.<\/em> NLT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Psalm 16:9\u00a0No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>My body rests in safety.<\/em> NLT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Matthew 19:14\u00a0But Jesus said, \u201cLet the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.\u201d<\/em> NKJV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Little feet toddle over. Balancing the weight of a book in her hands. Over and over. The same book placed in my hands. The same story, same pictures, yet she wants to hear it, see it again. I recall sweet days. Again and again, I would go to the bookshelf and retrieve the same book. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","sharing_disabled":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160818_103512.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7NWg5-9x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions\/593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/godsgoggles.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}