My oldest sister, Jan, tells that when her first grandchild was born 18 years ago, she couldn't take her eyes off of her.

"When Ashley was born, I watched her all the time," she said. "The whole family would make comments, like, 'Mom can't get anything done now. She has to watch Ashley!'  It was true! I couldn't get enough of simply looking at her...whether she was asleep or awake; doing something or doing nothing.  It didn't matter."

Our grandson, Luke, is two months old today. And the trait must not fall from the tree, because I am finding myself doing the same thing Jan did when Luke is around.

The other day I thought, "This is exactly what God does to each one of us as His Children. He is filled with love and joy for each one of us as His Creation."

To date, Luke hasn't done much to receive that kind of adulation from his mom and dad; grandparents or other family members.  He simply gets it because of our love for Him, as we happily welcome him into our family.

Same thing for us, as God welcomes us into His family. He can't take His eyes off of us!!

When we compare what God has done and does do for us, to what we have done for Him, we come up on the short end of the stick!

(Before Luke was born, dad built a "Luke" web site. It used to get lots of entries. There haven't been in new photos on it for one month until today...if you have time and are interested, the web address is http://champ.home.mchsi.com/. Click on gallery, newest photos are at the end!)

Psalms 149:4 - "For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble (meek, not proud) with victory."