Filled To Overflowing

Tonight was a guy's night at the Lewis household, as the girls went out for coffee. Needless to say, I can't say Timothy used soap during bath time, and teeth-brushing . . . well . . .

As Timothy and I cuddled in bed, we read from my favorite children's Bible, covering the story of "The Terrible Lie."

Adam and Eve chose to mistrust God and believe the lie that they could, in effect, be complete without Him. As the narrator puts it, "A life without [God] wouldn't be life at all."

Nevertheless, Adam and Eve tasted . . . Man fell . . . Sin entered . . . and God came seeking.

In the face of rebellion and brokenness, "God gently clothed them and then he sent them away on a long, long journey -- out of the garden, out of their home."

And then the line that gripped our attention:

Well, in another story, it would all be over and that would have been THE
END . . . but not this story.

In spite of everything, "God would love his children -- with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love."

And of course, the lie of the serpent was trumped with a promise of God:

I'm coming back for you!

Something about tonight . . . lying with my son . . . telling him about the Son . . . gave me a great fullness.

With that, I reached up and turned off the light.

"I love you Timothy."

"I love you too Daddy."

From full to overflowing.