I heard a speaker over the weekend talking about his family as a point of illustration. He said that while he had seen some pretty "ugly" babies in his day, his own three boys were absolutely "beautiful". His kids aren't old enough to have kids of their own, but he is sure that his grandchildren are going to be "gorgeous".

He then asked his audience for a show of hands, if they had kids and grandchildren. And the hands went up. "Now if any of you think these kids are the most cute kids you have ever seen. Keep your hands up."  The vote was 100%. They were all recipients of good looking family members.

I can recall Jim saying when Jamie was a couple of days old, "I always thought newborn babies all looked the same. And none of them were very cute. Too red and wrinkled. But she is really cute already!"

And now we have another survey member, Luke, our five-month-old grandson, is well (what can I say) "cute"!

The speaker went on to say, "Of all of my kin-folk, I have never seen one that isn't absolutely adorable!"

If that is how moms, dads, and grandparents think about their children, I wonder how God thinks about each of us as "His Kids"? If we can't help but be attracted to our family's members, God must be doing the same thing!

In Psalms 139, it says, "You chart the path ahead of me...every moment you know where I am.....I can never be lost to your Spirit...You made all the part of my body and knit them together in my mother's womb.....thank you for making my so wonderfully complex........how precious it is Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly!"

So here is an assignment for the day, a handful of times when you pass by a mirror say out loud, "I am absolutely beautiful!"

Because that is what God, as Your Heavenly Father, thinks of each of us. He only wants us to agree with Him!