How often do I say the words "I love you" to the Father, to the Son, to the Holy Spirit - clearly - not just with my actions, but with my actual words? How often do I say the words "I love you" to (the very definition of perfection) God in the way I do to my beloved child, to my nieces, nephews and other beloved children in my life, as I do to most of those (imperfect) persons I love so dearly.
Jeremiah 31:3:
With age-old love I have loved you;
so I have kept my mercy toward you.
Why do the words "I love you" come so easily to my lips with people and not with the the Creator of those people, the One who is within all my loved ones? Is it really so much easier to say 'I love you' to those who touch my cheek, who play with my hair, who have arms to hug me, who smile their baby smiles, who go out of their way to make my bad day wonderful - and not so easy to say I love you to the one who provides these gifts, these graces, who holds me in His arms even as I fail Him again and again? Is it because I can't always feel His arms? Should that matter? He is here, with me - why can I not turn to Him and say, "I love you Father."
Yes the words "I love you" certainly come easier with fallen human persons - sometimes too easily. There are some loved ones to whom I can never say those words because it could be misconstrued in our society we live in. So very heart-wrenching to shake hands and look in the eyes and pray they know my purest love; the words are there and the tongue is bitten to hold them back. Forced holding back for imperfect but lovable humans - because the words come so easily.
So much difficulty saying in words what my imperfect actions attempt to say to the Perfect One. Why do the words not come so easily with God?
What blockage is in my branch of the Vine?
Psalm 18: 2-3:
I love you, LORD,
my strength,
LORD,
my rock,
my fortress,
my deliverer,
My God,
my rock of refuge,
my shield,
my saving horn,
my stronghold!
I love you, LORD!
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