Nap Time.....

I am currently hanging out at my brother's house....awaiting the arrival of niece or nephew number 4. It has been so so so sweet to be loved on by them and to play! I have already been so incredibly blessed to know and love them!
There is much anticipation in the air right now! This was most definitely apparent at nap time today.
Yes...I was actually talked into laying down for nap time...can't remember the last time I took a real nap! It was the sweetest thing ever to cuddle with little Lenci and Zoe...who of course weren't tired at all...and who mostly wanted to play with me or the teddy bear. There was a CD playing with really sweet worship/hymns on it....and as it finally got still...and quiet.....I could hear the words of an old and dear song. For me...it's a song I've heard numerous times growing up in a christian home...but pretty much just the first verse. As I listened to the other verses....as if for the first time. They caught my attention and I was overwhelmed once again with God's love for each of us. I was so thankful that my little nieces and nephew are getting to fall asleep to words they can rest in...words of truth...that NEVER change. No matter how the world does. This one truth...that God... the ONE and ONLY... TRUE and LIVING God....sent His only Son...to be born in a manger...to grow up in love....and to lay His life down for love...that He might win our very hearts....our souls...for the glory of His name. Oh that we might not just hear....but to truly know.......

Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong

Chorus:

Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! This I know,
As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee,
Saying, Let them come to Me

Jesus loves me when I'm good,
When I do the things I should,
Jesus loves me when I'm bad,
Though it makes Him very sad.

Jesus loves me still today,
Walking with me on my way,
Wanting as a friend to give
Light and love to all who live


Jesus loves me! He who died
Heaven's gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in

Jesus loves me! Loves me still
Tho' I'm weak and ill;
That I might from sin be free
Bled and died upon the tree

Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee

~ Anna Warner