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I am thankful that my mom is always there to care and fix things for us.  Lately, she made an inventory of our shoes, patiently labeling each shoe box with the corresponding shoes inside.  (Hehehe, sometimes we kids are always dependent to our parents...hay, it's difficult to raise kids these days.Ü) I have several old shoes that need repair.  We are sort of sentimental people - don't want to let go of the things that have sentimental value to us.  I remembered a time when I shed a tear or two for my broken watch.  (So babaw of me, huh?  Crying for an inanimate object.  We used to cry for our dead pet dog and fish too.  Hehehe.)  She brought all my shoes that have to be repaired to a shoe shop.  God is good and all of my shoes were neatly repaired - good as new!  (You see, I wear size 3 of rubber shoes, kids size in leather shoes, one size smaller than the smallest size displayed in the ladies' section of shoe shelves.)  I really treasure my shoes.  But it seems that God is giving me some 'heart check-up' from time to time to see if I'm loving my possessions more than I love Him whenever something was broken.  I have this attitude of being 'loyal' even to things, 'stick to one' habit.  I will not let go of the thing until it is broken or if it was broken, I will have it repaired and then use it again.  It's hard for me to say goodbye and to let go of things, more so of people.  I just thought of God...I thank Him for being so loyal...I guess "faithful" is more appropriate word to use.  He's so faithful even if I'm broken...need some repair...prone to fail...always unfaithful.  He never let me go.  I remembered a line in Philip Yancey's Reaching for the Invisible God that says, "Some things are loved because they are worthy; some things are worthy because they are loved."  How beautiful is God's unfailing love towards me.  Can't understand how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.  God is always mindful of me.  Thank you God for loving me.  I'm just amazed. :)

 

Praise You God of earth and sky

How beautiful is Your unfailing love

Unfailing love

And You never change, God, You remain

The Holy One, my unfailing love

Unfailing love