Little things

Recently while flying I was sitting in my aisle seat minding my own business and had been casually watching the little girl across the aisle from me as she read books and did other little girl things. She and her mother got up to go to the bathroom and when they came back she had to let her mother go in first so she backed up into me and then put her hand on my leg as if it was no big deal. She turned to look at me and gave me a big 3 year old little girl grin and I grinned back.

It's hard to put into words what I felt when that little girl I didn't even know touched me. It's this wonderfully warm and comforting feeling. What is it about these tiny little people that brings so much love and joy to our hearts even for just a brief second? Is it their purity and innocence and just pure adorableness? Is it a gentle reminder of how much our God loves us when we put our tiny little hands on His huge presence? Whatever it is I love the gentle and sometimes overwhelming reminder of the love for a child and the unbiased love that children radiate. I can but can't wait to have a little person of my very own! I already have so much love for this child that doesn't exist yet that I can only imagine what it will be like when he or she finally does arrive. Oh the miracles of God's love given to us :)