Luna is my sweetness. She is our oldest goat. She is the queen of the herd. She is good at pushing and bossing the other goats (someone has to keep order!), but at her heart, she is 100% snuggle bug.
Gary Chapman writes about the “Five Love Languages”, 5 different ways that we give and receive love (words, touch, service, gifts, time). Luna’s love language is most definitely “physical touch”.
Luna approached me while I was sweeping the pad this morning. She placed herself between me and the broom and, chin up, looked at me with those beautiful golden eyes of hers and “asked” me to see her.
Now THIS is why it takes me hours longer than it should to get all my chores done. I can’t resist them. I see her. I set the broom down and bend my knees until we are face to face.
I rub and pet and scratch and hug on my girl until she is all loved up. We all want that (maybe not the belly rub, but) – to be seen. To be seen is to be valued and honored and loved for who we are. Our children, our spouses, our friends – we ALL need to know that we are worthy of love.
We focus our energy on being seen, appreciated, valued, affirmed by people, by the crowd, by the culture. I want to re-focus my efforts and my priorities to be seen by the “Audience of ONE”. The One who sees ALL of me, and loves me anyway!
The ONE who sees me now – and sees my potential. The ONE who sees my needs before I even know them. The ONE who sees that I need more than one try to get it right. The ONE who can use my weakness for His glory. The ONE who sacrificed all, so that I could live.
Time to refocus and live today to be seen by the ONE who gives tomorrows. Snuggle in with the ONE who will drop everything to see you through any situation. The most amazing thing happens when you focus on Him… you start to see what He sees – and it is beautiful
“…What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived – the things God has prepared for those who love him.- these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.” (1 Cor. 2:9-10)
