The I Love You Story

Today's post is by guest writer Keith Ward


Sometimes children are afraid for no discernable reason.  It can be difficult to reassure them since the parents often have no idea what the problem may be.  I cannot recall the exact steps in its evolution, but at such times, we would tell our sons the “I love you story”. It did not even matter if their request, “Tell me the 'I love you story,'” was merely a bedtime delaying tactic, as it is short and powerful and comforting.  All children should hear it often:

                       

                        “God loves you and Jesus loves you and the Holy Spirit loves you and

Grandma loves you and Papa loves you and Aunt Donna loves you and Uncle Dennis loves you and Aunt Linda loves you and Uncle Mike loves you…[and down the list of every relative they know]….and Mama loves you and I love you too.”

 

We told it in both directions as we often started with “I love you and Mama loves you” and ended with “and best of all, God loves you too.”

            It never failed to calm their worries and leave a smile on their faces and made, “Now, go on to sleep” a comfortable ending.

 

            In his first epistle, the apostle John addresses Christians as, “My little children.” Are we not often surrounded by undefined fears, worried by things we cannot control, concerned about the great darkness and questions no one can answer?  Our problems may not have a solution; we may not even know ourselves what it is that disturbs us so.  At such times, we need to hear the “I love you story.”  We are never too grown-up to be told that God loves us.  I am afraid of the dark (death). There ARE monsters under the bed (Satan), and uncontrollable events plague our lives.  I tell the story to others so I can hear it too.

Don’t ever be too bashful, too reserved to comfort someone, “God loves you and Jesus loves you and the Holy Spirit loves you…..and I love you too.”

 

“For God so loved the world…”  John 3:16.

 

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him, Psa 103:11.

 

Keith Ward

 

Comments

Tamara Criswell 10/3/2025
Thanks for sharing. I love "The I Love You Story."

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