When the Words Won't Come

I love having a toddler in the house! There is just so much joy wrapped up in witnessing them experiencing things for the first time. Anything from the first sour lemon experience (Are you puckering?) to their sheer excitement over getting an ice cream cone can just make you smile all over! One of my favorite things is when they first start talking- the word choices and expressions just tickle my heart. Kendall tries so hard to come up with the right words for what he is feeling or wanting to express. Sometimes, he just gives up and acts out his thought. I am realizing just how much I will miss that as his vocabulary expands.

This morning, I read the following passage from Romans...

"Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good. God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun." (Romans 8:26-30 MSG)

Isn't that a beautiful passage- it is rich with promise for us! The main thing that hit me was just how loving God is in that when we are at our weakest... and unable to express our deepest need, He -through the Holy Spirit- pleads for us. Our sighs and groans become passionate pleas to the Father as the Holy Spirit intercedes for us. Let that thought soak in.... We are never without a way to communicate with Him. Glory!

No matter the heartache, need, or desperate situation you can go to your Father. He longs for you to do so!! Today, carry your heart to our loving Father and trust in His love for you.

Tomorrow, I hope to expand on this passage more. Much love and hugs!