{"id":2098,"date":"2019-05-28T09:33:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T14:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:42:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T21:42:04","slug":"our-loving-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2019\/05\/28\/our-loving-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Loving Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As my boys were growing up, I remember having this thought over and over again: it can\u2019t get any better than this. This is the perfect age (ok maybe not at 15). I would want to just freeze that place in time and stay there. Yet now my sons are all grown, and I wouldn\u2019t trade this present time with them for any other. It is wonderful to know them as fully independent adults, discovering and enjoying life in the unique way every human being does. And it is awesome that they allow me to be a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>God loves us like this. He is not waiting until we grow up or become \u201cgood enough\u201d before He loves us and appreciates us. He delights in each part of our journey, and enjoys us most where we are right now. He does challenge us to grow, but doesn\u2019t expect more of us than our maturity can handle.<\/p>\n<p>Do I make mistakes? Misbehave? Rebel? Have an attitude? Think I know more than my Loving Parent? Of course I do. Too often.<\/p>\n<p>But God\u2019s grace is amazing, and His arms always open to love and forgive and restore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As my boys were growing up, I remember having this thought over and over again: it can\u2019t get any better than this. This is the perfect age (ok maybe not at 15). I would want to just freeze that place in time and stay there. 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