STORYTIME: ⬇️ Last Easter marked the first moment where I finally understood what the love of God felt like. I always struggled my whole life trying to pretend like I understood what it meant for God to love me. It just seemed like such a huge idea I couldn’t wrap my mind around even if I tried….. Then something crazy happened…. Last Easter, was the first time that I served in Mosaic Kids or at any church in general. TBH, I had literally never held a baby in my entire life, I was kind of annoyed that I had to wake up at 5 AM to be there, and I was NOT a people person at the time. I was really questioning if the whole “volunteer thing” was worth it. Then, a very beautiful lady walked in and handed me her 6 month old baby boy in a pink and white checkered dress shirt and walked away. Not to be dramatic, but in a moment something in my soul eternally shifted. Once that baby laid his little cheek on my shoulder, I almost started crying because for some reason….. pure love flooded me and all the sacrifice that I made to be there that day was immediately worth it. In fact, I was willing to sacrifice 1000 times more if it meant that the little baby had a safe place to rest his head. As I was holding him, I felt God tell me that the love I felt for the baby was the love that He felt for me. Only 1 million times more. In fact, He loved me so much, He was willing to die for me. He died for me so that I would have a place to rest my head forever. From then on, I kept telling my friends about the “Jesus loves you baby”, and how he changed my life. Once you experience God‘s love and you see Him, the more you give your heart to Him, and the more you give your heart to Him, the more you see Him, and the more you see Him the more you give your heart to Him, and it’s a never ending cycle. In the past 365 days I have transformed into somebody my past self wouldn’t have ever recognized. Thanks to the “Jesus love you baby”, aka Eko, aka the one in the picture, for being the catalyst of my change.