---WHEN LOVE NEVER ENDS ``

---"The LORD watches over all who love him."
---[PSALM 143:20] -- angelwing

---Whenever my grandfather took me to the beach," Sandra reminisced, "he always took off his watch and put it away. One day I asked him why."

-:He smiled and replied, 'Because I want you to know how important my moments with you are to me. I just want to be with you and let time go by..'"

I heard Sandra share that recollection at her grandfather's funeral. It was one of her favorite memories of their lives together. As I reflected on how valued it make us feel when others take time for us, it brought to mind Scriptures' words on God's loving care.

God always makes time for us. David prayed in Psalm 145, "You open our hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing . The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful n in all he does The LORD is near" (vv. 16-18).

God's goodness and thoughtful attention sustain our lives each moment, providing us with air to breathe and food to eat. Because He is rich in love, the Creator of all things mercifully crafts even the most intricate details of our existence.

God's love is so deep and unending that in His kindness and mercy He's even opened the way to eternal life and joy in His presence, as if to say, "I love you so much, I just want to let time go by." .
---ODB/JB~

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]