tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535146458636744712.post3286421114632031605..comments2023-06-11T10:14:57.467-04:00Comments on Psalm 113:9 Mama: Loving the UnlovelyPsalm 113:9 Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021787353168586338noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535146458636744712.post-53708317901021551672012-05-14T16:14:55.349-04:002012-05-14T16:14:55.349-04:00Beautiful the way you compare it to our Heavenly F...Beautiful the way you compare it to our Heavenly Father's love for us! I can also relate with so many similar experiences with our foster children. I remember "playing beauty shop" in order to clean up a smelly, dirty little 5 year old little girl without hurting her feelings. Another child informed me "my mama said I don't have too take a bath at your house!" She looked so sadly neglected, with such dry skin and dull hair and her teeth were rotten gray pegs. Thankfully the pediatric dentist was able to bond them, and healthy meals along with a little corn oil added to her food helped her dry skin and dull hair. Amazingly people began to treat her better. I so wanted people to treat our foster children kindly and did everything that I could to help their appearance and get them healthy. Of course it was always fun to put pretty clean clothes on them too. <br />Perhaps it's similar to how our Heavenly Father washes us white as snow and gives us a robe of righteousness and wants us to strive to be more like Him. What you described about God's guiding, protecting, teaching, providing for us even when we are unlovely, unloving and unlovable; not expecting us to be perfect and waiting for us to receive from His outstretched hand is especially relevant to how we should love them even after they've grown up and sometimes regressed, seeming unable to overcome the effects of their early childhood neglect and abuse. We have to keep showing God's love while He gently and patiently heals their wounds and continues to teach them how to trust and as He teaches all of us about His powerful love. I love the way He helps you put it into words! Keep on writing.Susan R. Whiteheadhttp://facebook.com/susan.r.whiteheadnoreply@blogger.com