HeartBeat

Last night as Ella was winding down on the couch, I laid down beside her in hopes to read a little. That didn't happen. She took the book out of my hands and crawled up in my lap, laid her head on my chest, and pulled the blankets over her head. She wiggled a bit trying to get comfortable as she positioned herself completely on me.

As she laid there snuggled underneath the blanket I began to remember the first few weeks she was home and she would fall asleep on my chest, with room to spare. I began just thanking God for the opportunity that He's given me to be a father...we'll then it just became one of moments. My eyes began to "water" and things just got all mushy.

It was real quiet for a couple of minutes. Ella peaked her head out from under her blanket and said, "Daddy I hear your heartbeat!". Pulling the covers over her head again to listen. She excitedly repeated her discovery. As she was covering her head back up to listen again, I asked, "What's it saying?"

Softly she spoke these words, "It saying I love you."

WOW - How'd she know!

Then one of those AMAZING teaching moments occurred when the Father reminds me of Himself. He asked "When was the last time you were quiet, still, and heard my heartbeat. When was the last time you shut yourself out from the rest of the world, got close and really listened? If you did, you'd know my heartbeat and what it says."

So often we forget the Heart of God because we fail to hear it. For Ella to hear my heartbeat, the TV was off, the House was quiet, she pulled the blanket over her head, and got close to me. To hear God today; Turn of the noise, get quiet, get close, block everything else from your thoughts, and then listen. What's His heartbeat telling you?