I sit here day’s end, crawling into bed and removing my socks for a hopefully restful slumber.

It’s March in Northern Michigan.  The weather can’t decide what it wants to do, and my well-cared for foot even so told me it would appreciate a good scratching.

I’d only moments before been thanking Jesus for allowing me to experience this humanity.  That as much as pain hurt, I also couldn’t imagine going through eternity without a vessel having experienced Love. When you truly experience it, it. Is. incredible. 

As I did my best to scratch-not-tickle my right foot, I thanked God for my fingernails, that He made them the perfect thickness to provide relief, if with a bearable tickle. 😉  I carelessly pondered how good it felt, and asked if it felt as good to Him as it did to me, to experience this relief after a day in socks and attempting to stay warm.

I asked Him if He too appreciated the relief.  He lives inside me after all.

And it occurred to me again, yet another reason we have to praise Him for His love and care:

He lives in here too.  He experiences everything I experience, we experience.  He already tells us He loves us (He’s no liar), but He also has every reason to care for this vessel over which He has given us charge. He LIVES here. This is His house, and while He cares more about our hearts than our circumstances, He has every reason to care for this vessel as we seek relationship with Him; to accomplish what He desires to accomplish in and through us.

He feels all that we feel; feels every emotion with us, as us.

Tonight, the feeling was relief.  Then it was love, affection and gratitude…that I had such an incredible “Person” to share all of my experiences with.

And, because He is me, inside me….He loves “me” back with the same affection.  Reciprocity in relationship. A seeming rarity.

…and I just thought that was neat.

Nah.  It. Is. Incredible.

Haha, so incredible I just realized I forgot to take off my other sock I was so excited to tell you about it.