One of the blessings God has given me in my newly-retired
life is an “awakening” of my soul to the wonders of His unlimited and merciful
love for His children.
A few years ago, one of my nephews posted a simple but
profound statement that I’ve been thinking about the last couple of days after
the birth of my 3rd grandchild, Paloma. “If we all give more to each other, we
all end up with more for ourselves.”
I think a simpler way to put Alex’s statement is that love
is never divided, only multiplied.
When Marilyn told me that she was pregnant with our first
child, I was extremely worried. I didn’t know anything about raising a child!
All that worry I went through vanished when I was in the delivery room, as I
watched Alicia’s face appear and she looked right at me! At that moment, I realized two things: I learned what paternal love is all
about—it’s an unconditional, no-holds-barred head-over-heels love with a
built-in confidence in oneself. Nothing can take it away. And I realized that—biology
aside—God creates children and presents them to loving parents, so they can experience
the type of love He has for each of us!
A couple of years later, Marilyn told me we were going to
have another “little one”. My worry this
time was different! I love Alicia with all my being, how could I ever love
another child so much? Would I have to “split” my love between them? Again, I didn’t have to worry. The minute
Sarah was born, God gave me the grace to multiply my paternal love. I love each
of my daughters the same—boundlessly, the same way our Heavenly Father loves
us.
This same grace of paternal love was multiplied in my heart of soul for each of my granddaughters; Lily, then Josephine, and now Paloma.
When God gives us children and grandchildren, He is putting trust in us to show them His love and to guide them on their own
journeys towards an everlasting life with Him.
I, for one, plan to keep that trust.
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