And Max was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved Him best of all...

All day today I have been remembering lines from Sam's current favorite book, Where the Wild Things Are. The night Max wore his wolf suit he is sent to bed without any supper b/c he is making, "mischief of one kind and another". There is a picture of Max in his wolf suit chasing his dog with a fork. And, he says to his mother, "I'll eat you up!" He is sent to bed without any supper.
Today I have been thinking how much I am like Max. I am so much more like a toddler than God. God is ages and ages old. I am a blip. God is love. I am too often self centered. God is eternal. It is difficult for me to make good choices that have lasting implications for 10 years from now. I would rather enjoy today, chase all kinds of things around with a fork.
It helps me when I realize I am a baby in this world. 33 years next to God Almighty is very, very small.
At the end of Max's story, "Max is lonely and wants to be where someone loves him best of all."
In the mornings I try to pray a prayer from a Psalm, "let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love". I am lonely for that unfailing love of God. He loves me best of all. In my head I know it and sometimes it reaches my heart. I want more. I long to live in it. I long to love my God, my husband, my family, and my neighbors out of it. We love because He first loved us. Just felt like blogging that today.