God’s Love with Skin On

Tenderness, love expressed in actions, words and tones

Often unreturned,

For many years I never learned

How her actions, words and tones,

Had the potential to gain a lifetime of interest,

A debt that could technically never be repaid

For no sum of money ever made

Could replace the love that she gave . . .

 

She gave,

More than she ever owned

For her source of income never dried up

For she knew how to place her vessel right side up

To catch all the raindrops that faithfully fell from His heart.

 

She gave,

The start of her day, sitting at the feet of her One and only

For only His heart could impart lessons

That could be easily translated into acts of service—kindness

Which had the active potential to send cascades of light that disturbed the blindness

Of my heart’s inward disposition to please itself.

 

And over time, she learned to say

Three small words in a multitude of different ways,

Three small words that made me who I am today

“I love you”

I love you too, Mum!