Tag Archives: Love of God

Births and Birthdays

April 3, 2018Parenting, Spiritual EncouragementAbba Father, birthday, Christian encouragement, eldest son, eldest son birthday, encouragement for moms, first born, first time grandma, first time grandparents, giddy, grandbaby, granddaught, Love of God, Parenting, raising children, rearing children, sonogram, spiritual encouragement, Unconditional love, unconditional love for childrenT.W. Allgaier

Today our eldest celebrates his 32nd birthday. He was the child we practiced on. He was the one that was over protected and the one that we followed every single rule in child rearing. We barely let anyone even keep him when he was little. Poor guy.

But he is also the one who introduced us to “unconditional love.” We never understood it until he was born.

When the second was born, it was “he is two weeks old and we are going to be gone all evening!” In having the first son, we kind of learned what to do and not to do with babies. And our “unconditional love” understanding just deepened.

And even as I write this, I am giddy about the fact that we will have our very first grand baby in August. This little girl has already captured our hearts. I have her 20 week sonogram photo on our refrigerator. Of course it is the very first item on the front of this fridge..ever. I bet we end up devoting the entire fridge to her artwork! I also hear that being a grandparent is a lot more fun that having the original children!!

Aren’t you glad that the Father did not have to practice on us? He allows us to make our own decisions even when they are not the best for us. He never leaves us, and He is giddy about us. His unconditional love for us is simply indescribable.

I like that. As we celebrate the child, the now man, that made us parents, I rejoice in the fact that the Father celebrates with us as well.

Sometimes I forget that and Father God uses a birthday and a grandchild’s sonogram picture to remind me just how special He thinks we are…..

~Be Encouraged Today~

Tammy

~The Ocean Series~ Creation Cries Out

March 26, 2018Spiritual Encouragementbeach, Colossian 1:16-17, creation, dolphins, God's Handiwork, God's word, Gulf coast, Love of God, moon, mountains, ocean, The Ocean Series, tulipsT.W. Allgaier

When I look at pictures of past visits to the ocean I am speechless. The blue skies, white ocean caps, red flowers, beautiful seagulls, clouds, the golden moon…need I say more?

And I still gaze in awe.

My Father created it all. It will never cease to amaze me. I am absolutely breathless when I see a line of clouds form over the gulf and deliver rain and gusts of wind. My eyes literally tear up when I sit on the edge of the beach and watch dolphins play in the currents. My heart swells at the mere thought of the expansive nature of the ocean in front of me. I reach out my hand to touch the moon, as if I can.

We have so much to see on our earth. Whether it is the ocean, mountains, or even the annoying snow that sometimes seems to bury us…we have a beautiful world. We have misused it and polluted it…..and yet creation continues to cry out!

So I guess today I would suggest that you stop. Stop and look around. What do you see in God’s creation that simply takes your breath away? Don’t let life preoccupy so much that you miss those things of beauty all around. He created it for you in His love and He wants you to enjoy it.

~Be Encouraged Today~

Tammy

~The Ocean Series~ Depth, Width, Height, Length

March 22, 2018Spiritual EncouragementAbba, beach, Christian encouragement, depth, encouragement, encouragement in Christ, Ephesians 3:16-19, God's love, height, length, Living the Christian life, Love of God, ocean depth, Rest in Christ, spiritual encouragement, The Ocean Series, who I am in Christ, widthT.W. Allgaier

We look out to the ocean, but we cannot see the ocean depth, width, height or length. There is a mystery about it that we just cannot seem to figure out from observation.