Little girls can be so...
extravagant. I have three in my household and, let me tell you, we have no shortage of fancy and extravagance around here. Just this morning, before heading out to church I straightened two full heads of hair and adorned one fancy flower on the head of a my one year old "hair-less". (And that doesn't even included the attempt made on my own hair.) Then, they had to slip perfectly polished toes into spectacularly sparkled shoes. By the time I shoved my feet into my own boots and double checked my four year old little boy's (yes, we have one!) boots were on the correct feet I was exhausted - and we hadn't even made it out the door!! All this
extravagance!! For one "plain Jane" mama, that spends most of my time in jeans and t-shirts it can all be a little overwhelming. What is extravagance, after all? One definition I ran across was, "more than is usual, necessary, or proper." Hmmmm. Occasionally, with all the glitter, ribbons, ruffles and tutus clouding my brain, I would have to agree!
But what about love? What about the one perfect Model of love that set Himself here on earth to show us what it
is to love? I am so thankful that He was extravagant in His love. That He loves me, and my children, and you, and each of us "more than is usual, necessary, or proper." So extravagantly, in fact, that He allowed Himself to be crucified for our sin.
In "The Message" Bible 1 Corinthians 13:13 reads "...Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly,
love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love." The best is love, and we are to love
extravagantly. Starting today, I want to learn to follow in the footsteps of my Savior. I wonder what it will involve... allowing some walls to crumble? Being vulnerable? Giving of myself? Giving
up myself. I don't want to over think it, I just want to
do it! Love ~ more than is usual, more than is necessary, and more than is proper! Love. Simply. Extravagantly. Love. The way my Savior loves me.
