Dear Kaylee,
Three weeks ago, today, the day you were born, is a good experiment for your mommy and daddy to understand God’s love. It goes something like this.
When you came out of your mommy’s womb, those first few moments for your mommy and daddy were filled with:
terror- is everything going to be alright?
ecstatic joy- most exciting feeling ever
confusion- now what are we supposed to do with this tiny creature?
wonder- how can anything be so perfect as this?
But, most of all, what filled your daddy and mommy down to the bottom of their hearts into the depths of their souls is this-
love…
Kaylee, you didn’t do anything, but appear. You took your first breaths, wiggled for the first time, and made your first sounds, but that’s it. Guess what?
Your mommy will never love you any more than on that day. Same for your daddy.
Your mommy will never love you any less than that day. Daddy, too.
And you didn’t do a thing…
Why is this?
You can thank God.
The love your mommy and daddy had for you when they saw you for the first time is based on what God put into them when He made them. It is a love that doesn’t depend on anything you do or don’t do. It is a love that can’t be earned. It is a love that is based on the simple fact that you are Kaylee. Your mommy and daddy love you exactly who you are and nothing will ever make them love you more or less than on that day, July 12, 2013.
This is helpful for you to remember when you get to spend more and more time getting to know God. He is your loving Father in heaven who loves you exactly as you are because you are Kaylee. Nothing you do or don’t do is ever going to change His love. You don’t need to earn His love so you don’t have to try. You are his precious daughter and he adores you always. Never more or less that at this specific moment. God the Father loves like that.
And God is so smart that he wires mommys and daddys to love the same way. They just have to keep remembering what it was like that first day they saw you face to face.
There she is…Our precious Kaylee!
Love,
Grandpa
