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| Photo by Bethany Shoemaker of Kenzie Smiles Photography |
The
past month may have exhausted my creativity and energy, but it has increased
the love in my life—not only my love for my grandchildren, but the very real
assurance that I am loved.
It
floods over me through a simple smile shared with my older grandson. Neither of
us has to say anything at all. His smile says, “I love you, Nana. I want to be
here with you.”
My
smile says, “I love you, Kodey. I am so glad you are mine.”
Jesus
asked us to love one another. Can that love be expressed, like Kodey’s love for
me, in a simple smile? Can the minor effort of extending the muscles around our
mouths into a genuine smile pass on God’s love to whomever we meet, without
saying a word?
I
think smiling can, especially in this hurried, preoccupied, inattentive world
that we navigate each day. Give everyone you meet a simple smile, then stop back
and share what happened.
“And now I give you a new commandment: love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
If you have love for one another,
then everyone will know that you are my disciples.”
John 13: 34-35
Blessings!
Pam©2014 Pamela D. Williams
