Love Notes From God

I want to brag about God’s kindness. I have a temporary full time job right now. That sounds like a contradiction. What it means is that I’m working full time, but only for about two months. It’s good that I have this job. I’m grateful for it. But like all new things, I’m having to adjust and get used to the routine and new people I’m working with.

And like all things, not everyone in the world is easy to work with. Here is where God’s kindness comes in. On Friday, I arrived at work. I got out of my car, and just as I did, I heard a loud noise above me in the parking structure. I looked up to see a dove, flying off and landing on a lamppost near by. I smiled at the dove. God is always sending me birds to remind me of His presence in my life. As I walked into the office, I wondered what the dove meant. What was God saying to me?

That morning, I had to deal with the difficult person at work. I was feeling frustrated. I had appointments with several families that day. As I was feeling frustrated, a family walked in and the father looked me straight in the eye and asked me if I remembered a family I saw last week. He mentioned their name, but I couldn’t remember the name. I would only remember their faces. This father said I needed to hear this. He said that that family met me last week and said I did a fantastic job. They really liked me. Then he said it again. “You need to hear this.”

I didn’t catch on, in that moment, as to who was really speaking to me. But after they left, the realization began to creep into my mind. The guy had said, “You need to hear this.” That was God telling me, “You need to hear this.” My God. My Savior. The One who loves me despite me. He was reminding me that He had my back. He was there with me at work. He will always be with me. And when problems come or problem people, I know I can trust God. He really has my back.

Now I knew what the dove was for. It was a little love note from God, telling me that He was there, with me. He was telling me no problem was too small or too great for Him to handle. At the moment, when I temporarily forgot, God reminded me. “You need to hear this.” He reminded me that I’m okay.

And that is God’s kindness. Even in the seemingly little things in life: frustrations or frustrating people. God is there, to tell the believer that we are okay. God’s love notes to us can take any kind of form. But if you are going through a problem or frustration, look around for those notes, believer. They are there. God loves His own. And every aspect of our lives is important to Him. Yay God!