I Love the Way You’re Loving Me! - Encouragement for Today - May 8, 2020

Peace and perspective from God's timeless truths. [View this email in your browser]( Encouragement for Today --------------------------------------------------------------- [Alicia Bruxvoort]May 8, 2020 I Love the Way You’re Loving Me! [ALICIA BRUXVOORT]( Lee en [español]( “LORD, show me your love, and save me as you have promised.” [Psalm 119:41]( (NCV)” We were planted at the end of the driveway beside a giant mud puddle left by a cloud-burst of rain. My son’s pockets bulged with a lumpy collection of stones, and his eyes beamed with 4-year-old delight on that ordinary morning long ago. “Watch, Mommy, watch!” He begged as he reached into his pocket and flung a rock into the filthy water. “Listen to the sound of that plop!” He squealed when the stone landed in the inky mire with a melodious plunk. I nodded my head and clapped my hands. And he reached into his pocket for another rock. Our little game continued with soaring stones and happy shrieks, sky-high splashes and murky splatters. Toss. Plunk. Applaud. Splash. Laugh. Repeat. There was laundry to fold and toilets to scrub, but for a few moments, I perched beside that puddle and cheered for my son as if he were throwing pitches in the World Series rather than tossing rocks into a pool of mud. “I love the way you’re loving me today, Mommy,” he said with a giddy grin. I returned his sentiment with a smile of my own and celebrated a silent victory. For weeks, I’d been talking with our five children about the personal nature of my love. “I love each of you equally,” I’d assured them. “But I express my love for you differently.” I’d grown tired of their comparisons and complaints, the “no-fairs” and the “what-about-me’s?” Just because I took my daughter out for ice cream didn’t mean she was my favorite. Just because I rocked the baby each night didn’t mean I loved her more. “Pay attention,” I’d challenged. “And you’ll begin to notice the special things I do to show my love for you.” Shortly after I’d issued that challenge to my own children, I found myself sitting in a coffee shop with a handful of close friends. Eventually, our conversation turned to our relationships with the Lord. [Continue reading...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Subscription Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( --------------------------------------------------------------- © 2020 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Encouragement for Today. [Link](