It’s fierce. It’s powerful. It’s overwhelming. It’s
overtaking. It’s strong.

And many times it has me in tears.

When I look at this boy in my arms, I am so overwhelmed. As
he looks at me and smiles, my eyes well up with tears and I ask myself how just
looking at this little one can bring me to tears.

It’s love.

It’s this intense kind of love that not even I can
understand the depth of it. I just know I love this little man more than words
can say. There’s this connection that is between the two of us that no words
can explain.

Then there’s my husband. I love him so much. When I married
him I didn’t think I could ever love him more than I already did. I didn’t
think it was possible to love any one human as much as I loved him.

Then we brought a child into this world together. I may have
gone through labor for that boy. I may have lay on a table and had to get cut
open for that boy. But we brought that child into the world together. My
husband was by my side, groggy eyed, anxious, and stomach empty he didn’t leave
my side. He cried with me, he held my hand, he supported me. And I loved him
more than I ever have before. I didn’t even think that was possible.

The love I have for my son overwhelms me so much.

Then I stop and think. I look at them and realize there is a
love that is greater than the love I have for them. God loves me more than I
love either of these two guys.

Wow.

I am speechless. I am brought to tears over this truth.

I can’t even explain in words the love I feel for these two.
I don’t even see how love can be greater than that.

But love is.

Love from a heavenly Father is far greater. The love my
Father has for me is far greater than the love I could offer anyone. This love
sends His son to die on the cross for an undeserving me. This love wraps His
arms around me when I need it most. This love laughs at all my jokes and
listens to me talk even when I’ve talked all night long. This love never gets
tired of who I am, because who I am is because of Him.

I am so undeserving of this love. Yet, He still loves me.