We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 

Contagious Love…

You never know who’s contagious…

Or what they are spreading.

A ten month old boy and a three year old girl…

Put the collapsible tunnel on the floor…

And the ten-month-old heads straight toward it…

Laughing as he crawls through…

No coaxing needed.

The bridge in the kid play place at the mall?

The one the big kids are running across?

He’s there…

Bold. No hesitation.

Wish I could catch his spirit of boldness…

His love of life…

His contagious love.

His three year old sister sees him in the tunnel…

“He needs toys,” she says…

And brings them to him.

His birthday is soon…

“Will he have presents?” she asks.

“Will he have cake?”

“Will he have a happy birthday?”

Three year old empathy…

Three year old love…

I wish I could catch her spirit of love…

Contagious love.

I wonder …

What will these kids catch from me?

Will it be greed?

Because some days I want everything the world has to offer.

Will it be worry?

Because some days I worry about all the fears the world presents.

Or will it be boldness?

Boldness born of faith…

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”     Hebrews 13:6

Faith born of love…

The love of God…

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16 

 Contagious love…

We love because he first loved us.  1 John 4:19 

Pass it on…

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.  John 13:34

(By the way….the ten month old was definitely contagious.  In fact, I am only now recovering from a gastrointestinal virus he passed along.  His mother, his sister and his father are recovering too.)

Note: The first version of this post appeared in May, 2015