Thursday Matters

Everyday Confident Love

Our whole family was stunned when many years ago, at age seven, our youngest member, David decided to walk down the aisle to read a verse after the pastor requested some children come forward to read from Proverbs. As David left the pew he turned saying, “I’m a really good reader.” The truth is most of 1st grade he had a tutor for reading but progressed so much by the end of the year that the tutor was dropped. Plus, we as a family had David read out loud to us a lot and each time he’d read, we’d say, “David, you’re a really good reader” and then we’d hug him. David was so confident when he read his verse even though he pronounced a few words wrong.

And I thought, “Think of all the things we could do if we believed the things God told us about ourselves and we walked confidently in the love He as for us?” God has great plans for us, He’ll work all things for the good, He’ll avenge us and from Jeremiah 31:3, He loves us with an everlasting love…everyday.