Day 20: 1 John 4:7
1 John 4: 7 : Dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. NIV
“I’m a Believer”
It’s my opinion that all newborn babies are weirdly funny looking little creatures and that notion was tested when I first cast my eyes on my granddaughter Evelyn. This event happened five months before Evelyn was born during a routine appointment at Scott and White with my daughter-in-law Saemi. During Saemi’s ultrasound procedure, I was able to watch the screen and up popped the grainy picture of this tiny person. You would think that as I watched in stunned silence at the image of my first grandbaby that the words of some profound scripture or sainted hymn would have come to my mind but actually it was something quite different. What popped into my head was the Neil Diamond-penned, classic pop tune from 1966, recorded by The Monkees, the song, “I’m A Believer.” Yes, The Monkees. In a darkened exam room in Scott and White in 2010, I gazed at the weirdly funny looking face of my grandchild and (cue the music) I heard these lyrics in my mind: “Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer. Not a trace, of doubt in my mind. I’m in love and I’m a believer.”
Today is Evelyn Elizabeth Smith’s 4th birthday and even though she now lives almost 7,000 miles away from me, I think back with such tenderness and remember the moment I glimpsed the face of my precious granddaughter for the first time. How marvelous is the human condition that allows us to love another human being so completely at first glance and to know without a doubt that this depth of love will be with us forever. How grateful I am to God that He also loves each of us at first sight and continues to love us so unconditionally. I’m a believer.
Heavenly Father: Thank You for grandchildren. Amen.
Contributed by Becky
