When I was 10, my hero, my grandpa died and went to be with the Lord. He was a great man. There is no way he could have been as great as my 10 year perspective made him, but a great guy, none the less. In his last days (and the last day I saw him) he was lying in bed fighting cancer. A friend came over to see him. Not wanting to interrupt but wanting to send a message, I brought a little statue that I had previously given him and put it beside his bed. The statue had a little man on it that had his arms stretched out as far as he could reach. On the bottom of the statue it read: I Love You This Much.
The one thing that I wanted my grandpa to know as he lay sick (and dying, whether I knew it or not) was how much I loved him.
I often ask my girls to come see me and sit in my lap or beside me and ask: Do you know how much I love you? I want them to know through the 'No's' and the correction that I love them.
I seldom end a phone conversation or a day without telling my wife, 'I love you.'
I want folks to know. Notice what the apostle Paul wants for you.
Ephesians 3:14-19 -For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family[c] in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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Know today that Christ loves you!
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