Sunday, August 31, 2008

Heart

When I was the parent of young children I thought I could never love anyone as much as I loved these two:And then came Aidan:

And I realized there was a part of my heart that was fallow until he came into my life. Then that part was awakened. Lately, I've wondered if there are other pieces of my heart that are sleeping, just waiting for something or someone to come and breathe life into them. I look at Aidan and what I feel is so fierce and enormous it's almost frightening. And then I realize that's just how God feels about me, about every one of us, only infinitely magnified.

Could our capacity to love ever be exhausted? I don't think so. Think about God's heart. We're made in his image. I believe he gives each of us a heart with no boundaries except those we put in place ourselves.

God, keep me from putting any boundaries on my capacity to love.

2 comments:

heather said...

i LOVED this post, julie!

Stephanie Thacker said...

This is beautiful! Thanks.