Beloved Children

Eph 2:1 Be imitators of God, as beloved children,
:2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma (for an odor of fragrance).

This morning, Father, You brought to my mind how children like to imitate their fathers. I thought about my grandson. When he was little his Dad had bought him a miniature lawn mower. As his Dad led the way, he cut a path in the grass and Ethan followed behind him. He did not yet really know that he was learning to mow the lawn.

In thinking about that, it makes me mindful of Your way with us, Father. You have made the way through Jesus (John 14:6). You have prepared the path and equipped us to follow you because Jesus was an offering, a sacrifice to You, a fragrant aroma for our sake.
You are ready; you await our heart to seek after you and to imitate You by allowing You to conform us to Your image. You receive us every moment of our day to come follow You and walk in Your love and presence. In Your presence there is light (John 8:12). In Your presence there is joy (Psalm 16:11). In Your presence is true love. (1 John 4:16)

Though we may have to go through “high grass”, we know the way because You always go ahead of us. Mercy and loving-kindness follow us wherever we go (Ps 23:6). You guard our going out and our coming in. (Ps 121:8)
We are Your beloved children.