Radical Love...

I don't only want to share this as any amazing testimony but I also want to put it up as a great reminder of the radical love of God and the love my children showed me today.

Today started off just like one of those amazing energetic days...then I suddenly fell sick and before I knew it I was in one of the school's sick bed. Pain, headache, and cold. The children didn't know I was sick, until break time came and they started looking for me. I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was someone's face not more than 10cm away from mine. As always Josephine (my guardian) Angel found me. She always does, no matter where I am in the school building and honestly, it scares me some times!, but more than that; she is my sun shine. She always knows how to brighten up my day no matter how sad I may feel or be.     :)
And she was there, and now worried when I told her that I was not feeling well and I just needed an hour or two of rest, then I can be back on my feet again. Then she left, a few second later she came back wondering if I needed a glass of water. I said no. And then she left again. I was just about to close my eyes and then half of the class showed up. I assured everyone that I was okay and I just needed a few minute of rest. Then they where all gone. Few seconds later, I didn't even pull my covers up, Caleb showed up, asking if he can bring me a glass of water, I said no and thanked him. But a few minutes later he brought me one anyways!

I fell a sleep for five minutes or ten and when I woke up the pain was suddenly gone. It felt really strange because I knew that for a whole hour and a few minutes my body was in pain and then suddenly the pain just seemed to to disappear...strange...I know, right!?

So I jumped out of the sick bed and I went to teach my Art classes which I thought I will not be able to teach today at all. But I did, with no pain at all! I Kept checking for signs to see if I was really okay and honestly I was.


So what happened...

Few hours later I got back to my home class at the end of the day in order to have lunch with my kids and the first thing I received as I entered the classroom, was a prayer letter!!
Nodesha wrote a prayer letter to me and to God, asking the Lord to make me feel well. And she pleaded over and over again in her letter to the Lord that he would please heal me.

All I could do was just stare in amazement!
I said to her: " Wow, Nodesha! No wonder the pain was suddenly gone. God heard your prayers!"
I said it lightly but I meant it deeply.

And surely He did.   Over and over again as I walked out of that classroom to start my day, I can always hear their voices in the background screaming out how much they love me. Yes, I do whole heartedly receive it some times, but sometimes I have to admit and say that I tend to take it lightly.
But today, their radical love for me was proven in just the most simplest ways yet so significant.  I am reminded of how many times I take God's love for me so lightly. I read that God loves me, and I know that He loves me, yet the question is do I always believe it to be true?
Honestly, not always. But the truth is God loves us. He loves me, whether I feel it or not. The good news is that His love for us never change and is way much more radical than any human's love could ever be. We can never ask God to prove his love for us because He has already proven His love in no way any human being could ever come close. His love is real and unconditional. And He continues to pour out that same love to us through the very things and people around us, the love I have for my children and the great love they have for me is just a tiny glimpse of God's love for us.
I am truly and beyond words could ever express blessed to have theses children in my life. Every day there is something new to learn from them. Every day there is something to laugh about and truly appreciate. Every day is never like the day before!