Still...a small voice

STRIPED STRAWBERRIES


January 11.....
It was a Saturday night and Michael and I were just hanging out @home.

I had spent the day in my kitchen ( My fave place) and we had just sat down to relax...

Then..I received this text from Tara

Josh wants "The strawberries gram makes with the chocolate and the stripes"
She went on to say..Josh said "Gram will make them and bring them to our house"

Now...hold on a minute..I know that this doesn't seem very profound..
After all, its a 3yr old boy wanting some "Striped Strawberries"
I mean, who doesn't love some of these chocolate fruit yummies?

Here's the part that spoke to me....
Joshua, my precious grandson...
He KNEW I would make him those strawberries...
He never DOUBTED that I would bring them to his house.....

Joshua had faith that I would be there...
coming into his house with a tray of his requested goodies....

Here's why, there was never a question in his mind...

Joshua knows my heart for him..
He knows that I love him...
with all of my being....

He knows, in his innocent 3yr old heart...
in his innocent 3yr old way...
that I would give it all for him...

Joshua  doesn't know this because I've told him over and over...
It isn't memorized or forced...
He knows because he has spent time with me...
Because Joshua has experienced the love I have for him...
He has felt it and he knows it's real.

... “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven....Matthew 18:3

This verse is short and to the point....
We  must have Childlike faith...

Not unlike Joshua and his Striped Strawberries...

We must KNOW that God will hear our requests..
We must NEVER doubt that He will meet our needs...
that He will deliver to us..that which we need and desire.

And Like Joshua....
We know these things to be true..
not because we have been told this..
not because we have read it over and over..
not because it has been "driven" into us...

We know because we have spent time with our Lord..
Because we have experienced Him..
We have felt his love and...
we know that it is real.

Joshua never questioned if maybe Gram would make him his treats...
He never wondered if I would be knocking on his door...
He just knew..

Don't question whether God hears your requests...knows what you need..
Don't ever wonder if he will show up...knocking on your door...
He will...everytime.

So...needless to say.
It was January 11 around 5pm
and I sent Grandpa to the store.
I washed the berries..
dipped the chocolate ...added the "Stripes"
and knocked on my boy's door...

I walked in carrying the tray of "Striped Strawberries"..
After all, Joshua KNEW I was coming.

Exercise that childlike faith today...
and then wait for that knock at your door...
You KNOW it's coming!

Blessed Gram,
Shelly