Seeing the Face of Christ in Ourselves--Saturday, February 25, 2012

1 Corinthians 13:11–13

¹¹When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. ¹²For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. ¹³And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

We could not wait to see what our little brother would look like.  When we met him we noticed he has the same chubby cheeks we had when we were born.  Now we are like parents to Hudson. We help feed him his bottles. We love to play with him with all his toys.  We teach him to pray at the dinner table with us.  We help Mom and Dad change his diaper.  Our favorite thing to do is to take a bath with him.  He loves to squirm, splash, and tries to swim away.  As we read this Bible verse again we thought about how God provides all of these same things for us that we are now doing for Hudson.  It reminds us of how much God loves us.  I think when you graduate college, you are like an adult.  Now we as kids , we like to play on playgrounds with other kids.  When we show love to our brother or to our friends, it is like being Christ ourselves.  Also we just gave Valentines to show our love to others. 

Prayer: Dear Lord, Thank you for giving us food, water, and shelter.  Help us stay healthy and teach us to love one another. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAmen.

Charlotte(8) and Amelia Lee(6)

For reflection:

How do you embody the presence of Christ to those closest to you?

Today, rest in the ways that God is present to you…in your family, and/or in those that relate to you like family.