Be Careful How You Love

A Holy God, He is a jealous God. Joshua 24:19

It never ceases to amaze me the impact of a baby on the human heart. Our ability to love, to feel and to care is intensely heightened when we hold a helpless child in our arms. Every corner of our heart is let loose to run wild like a renegade.

Often times the tough, manly persona is overthrown for a child. Often times it doesn't take much for the tender child to absolutely steal our heart. In a matter of no time they become the center of our universe.

I have learned the hard way to be careful how I love. I foolishly placed my wife at the center of my heart and not God. God was moved to the side. My pen stopped writing for the Lord. My praise disappeared in a quiet, subtle way. God was in my life but only on the fringe. Our encounters were brief at best.

And so my story goes. God saw fit to take away what I had chosen to idol. He removed what occupied my mind and rightly so.

It is because of this that I caution to be careful how you love. We serve a jealous God. Never let anything take the very breathe of Christ away from you. Keep Him as your first and your very last thought and all will be well with your soul. Psalm 108:1 says Oh God my heart is fixed I will sing and give praise even with my glory. So stay fixed, focused on the Lord.

First Steps

You took your very first steps today
and it turned me upside down.
Now things won't be the same
with you travelling all around.

The hugs will all get shorter now
as you move your little feet.
Running in the distance
and dancing to the beat.

Independance calling you
and pulling you away.
I was wishing in my heart
we would never see this day.


As night time fades to evening
I sit here with a smile.
Kissing, hugging and holding you
but just for a little while.

Brad McGill
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