My son bought his first car yesterday.  It honestly seems like only a week ago I was bringing him home as a newborn from the hospital in my car and yet yesterday we drove home together in his.  It was a surreal experience to purchase the car for him with his own money.  (Amy and I contributed a bit and his grandparents pitched in too but the bulk of it came from him working hard and saving.)  Through an odd bit of circumstances I ended up test driving the car by myself for a few minutes.  (My son had test driven it with Amy earlier.)  At one moment, alone in the car, I was overwhelmed with the goodness of God.  I wasn’t expecting anything like that to happen but I just became so aware of how blessed I truly am.  Even now I’m having a hard time putting it all into words.

I started thinking about how the Lord has taken care of us through the years and how it now seems that He’s taking care of my children as well.  This touched me deeply and profoundly.

Then, I started thinking about how much I love my son and in that moment it hit me that if I, being only a man, love my son that much then the love of the Heavenly Father for His own children must be truly unfathomable.

Thank God for His great love and eternal faithfulness.