He Knows...

In the mornings for the past while I have been reading in Elisabeth Elliott's Keep a Quiet Heart along with my bible reading. I have really grown to look forward to the insights she gives- a perspective that draws me to be strong and persevere. This morning I read a passage that she shared some of George MacDonald's words. I will write them without the "thees" and "thous!"

If I felt my heart as hard as a stone; if I did not love God, or man, or woman, or little child, I would yet say to God in my heart, "O, God, see how I trust You, because You are perfect, and not changeable like me. I do not love You. I love nobody. I am not even sorry for it. You see how much I need You to come close to me, to put Your arm around me, to say to me, My child: for the worse my state, the greater my need of my Father who loves me. Come to me and my day will dawn; my love will come back, and Oh! How I will love You, my God! And know that my love is Your love, my blessedness Your being."

...So, I hate to spoil the moment, but as I write this, The Chipmunk's Christmas song is playing in the background! Ha! Love it! Oh, and now Charlie Brown! What fun!