Heavenletters

"You are My little dumplings. This is a term of affection. I would pinch your cheeks if I had the fingers to do so. But feel Me pinching your cheeks anyway, and see how you cannot keep from smiling. I would pat your head. I would stroke your arm, everyone’s arms, and I would hold you high, and we would dance to a song of the galaxies. I might never let you go. I might keep you clasped to Me for My enjoyment forever, to say nothing of yours. I might walk arm in arm with you all the way to Eternity. What else could We be doing anyway but taking a stroll on the avenue of life?"

This first paragraph brought back such a sweet memory of my step-grandfather and our first meeting. After a long car trip from Michigan to Minnesota to our first meeting with the family of my brand-new stepfather, we certainly did not know what to expect. What I got was man who RAN to the car, swooped me out of the backseat in a hug, then swung me around and around in circles. He won my heart. It might have been the only good thing this man had ever done in his life, but what a good thing it was for me. It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned of his actions and the kind of man he had been, but to me, in that moment, he was pure love. I'm feeling that hug and that dance now and forevermore in Godde's love. Thank you.