I just came across this note that I wrote several years ago. Posting it for preservation...
Changing Anna Marie (who was 9 months old at the time) I was suddenly
aware of a basic truth. A nine-month-old is totally dependent. Cannot
do anything for itself. The infant is provided for and protected,
totally and unconditionally.
And the only thing the infant can return
is what? The only thing the infant can return for all this is its
own affection. A smile, a laugh, a hug, a kiss. It can only return its
love.
Can you imagine a
healthy infant that did not show attachment and affection to its
parents? Yet that is exactly what we do. For all His love, gifts and
protections, the best of us barely manage a smile for Him.
All he asks
of us is our love.
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