The doll house
The "real" house
I am that 43 year old woman, and yes I cried when my father-in-law, Tooger, presented me this doll house.
If you read my former post, you know that my mother-in-law recently passed away. During a family dinner, the night before her service, we were looking through the family albums. I came across a photo of my husband, as a young boy, playing with a large doll house. I learned that Tooger had built it. I said how jealous I was, because I had always wanted a doll house like that. Someone may have made a comment about building one like our current house, but it was quickly dropped and I didn't think anymore about it. Until it showed up in my loft!
I was touched so deeply because I felt seen and heard. He heard my heart and put in the effort to build it for me.
It wasn't just about a doll house, but the need we all have; a deep longing to be known and loved; worthy of someone's effort. While my Father-"in-love" showed me a tangible example of this, it is God who ultimately satisfies our deepest longing.
God is the one who knows us completely:
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all. 13 For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139:1-4, 13
God is the one who loves us perfectly :
See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. 1 John 3:1
God is the one who decided we were worth the effort:
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
Praise be to God!
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