Love Notes

Did anyone else’s heart just melt?  I stumbled upon this beautiful note the other morning when I was getting ready for the day.  I found it hanging from my mom’s bathroom mirror.  My dad had put it there the night before after my mom had gone to sleep, so that when she woke up in the morning she would find it hanging there.  Is that sweet or what?!?  And this is not the first occurrence.  I have seen upwards of 10 notes like this one stuck to my mom’s mirror.  He began writing these when mom was preparing for a Walk to Emmaus where she was to be the lay director.  Mom had so much on her plate at this time.  She was working so hard as lay director, along with the household chores that she did, still taking care of me and my brother and sister, helping dad with the family business, among other things.  She loved every minute of it, but I can imagine it began to wear her out after a while.  It was at that time that these notes began to appear on her mirror.  Just small notes of encouragement from dad to help her keep going.  She left the notes up there for the entire duration of her time preparing for the walk.  By the time of the weekend, there were probably 6-7 notes lining the mirror.  It was one of the sweetest things I had ever seen.  When I asked mom about it, she simply said, “He has always been a romantic.” 

When I found this the other morning, I just thought about how caring it was and how this was what every woman longs for.  To be cherished, appreciated, thought of as beautiful.  As I was dreaming about this, God whispered in my heart.

I write you love notes every day.

Love notes from God.  Does that really happen?  Does the Creator of the Universe write me love notes?  Every day? 

YES!!

In the breathtaking sunrise, that He created many beautiful things, but that I am more beautiful to Him than any sunrise.  In the smile of a friend, that He has lavished good things on me because I am cherished by Him.  In an encouraging word, that He sees me and what I am doing and that I am appreciated.  In the smile of a little girl (like Tabby Alexander), that He is a God who cares, loves, and gives joy.  In an answered prayer, that He is always there for me.  In a needed confirmation, that He is lovingly leading me.  In a difficult situation, that He loves me enough to cut away the things that would hinder me.  In a time of feeling alone, that He is my treasure, the lover of my soul, everything that I need.  In the quiet of my room after a long day, that He is peace, beautiful peace.

And often, like my dad, God writes these love notes when we are down, frustrated, hurting, confused, stressed, and worn out.  When we just don’t think we can go on anymore, God writes us a small note, just the littlest thing, and it lifts our spirits.  A note just to say,

I love you.  You are beautiful, cherished, appreciated, and adored.  You can do this.  Because I live in you and you in Me, you can do anything!

God does this because of His love for you and me.  He has always been a romantic.  He writes us the most amazing love notes from a God that loves us more than we can ever imagine!  The only thing I wonder is…

How often do I miss them? 

Imagine that someone did something for you just because they can.  They put so much thought into this thing.  They made your favorite dinner (even though they had to go back to the store twice when they ran out of ingredients because they burnt the first 3 batches).  They wrote you a note and left you a rose on your bed because they knew you were having a bad day.  They went out of their way to show their love and just can’t wait until you find that special thing that they have for you.  And then, you walk into the kitchen, look at the food, and go off to your room to get some work done.  You walk into your room, see the rose, carelessly toss it on the floor and sprawl out to watch some TV.

I know that most of you are sitting here thinking, there is no way I would ever do that!  I hope I don’t ever do that!  I want to be appreciative of what people do for me, especially when I get married someday and the person doing something for me is my husband.  I want to see when someone shows me love.  I don’t want to just brush their love aside.  But the truth is,

I do that all the time!

I am unappreciative, ungrateful, and downright mean sometimes.  Because I miss the love notes.  God’s love notes.  He thinks up this amazing way to show His love for me, puts it in front of me, and I keep walking.  I don’t see it.  I’m so preoccupied with my life and my troubles that I miss it, that thoughtful little thing that was put there by God to encourage and lift me up.  I walk around, dissatisfied with my life as it is, when the Creator of the Universe is telling me of His great love all the while.  Shouldn’t His love be enough for me?  The truth is that His love is enough, but most of the time I don’t act like it. 

Here is the amazing part.  Even though I act like this, He continues to write more notes.  Notes of His love, faithfulness, mercy, grace, everything He is and everything He feels about me.  And this in itself is another love note.  In His persistence, that He is my Faithful Friend and showers mercy over me. 

What will He write next?

I’m not sure, but I am looking for it.  And I can’t wait to read it.