i just want You

Today Isabel had a tough afternoon. She had a great time this morning though. We went to a new restaurant with Sarah and Mac called Mary's Of Course. I highly recommend it! We had breakfast and big ol lattes. Isabel had vanilla yogurt with homemade granola and apple juice. They had all kinds of Hello Kitty paraphernalia around which she thought was really cool. Then later we got to go the mall for a little bit and she played at the "Healthy play place" which I'm not sure is all that healthy what with all the preschooler drool and all. Anyway, she enjoyed that and then we went to Chick Fil-a for lunch for "nuggets, fruit, and da big swide." So, overall, a great morning for her. Well, when naptime rolled around she realized that during all that fun, she hadn't seen her daddy. She realized that she missed him. At first I thought she was just procrastinating but then we had this conversation:

Me: What's wrong Isabel? Why can't you take your nap?
Isabel: I'm crying and I'm sad.
Me: I know...but why are you sad?
Isabel: I'm sad because I want my daddy.
Me: Well, he'll be home later. It's time for your nap.
Isabel: But I just want him. (said in a very sad heartfelt tone)
Me: What if we call him?
Isabel: I want to.

So, we call and he of course asks, "Isabel, why are you not asleep? Why are you sad?" and she says, "I just want you." She never took her nap until he came home later this evening but she felt a WHOLE lot better after talking to him. She spent all evening playing with him and talking to him.

I started thinking about how much it would please God's heart if we felt that way about Him. Because really in the midst of all the things going on, we really just need Him. We just need to spend time with our Heavenly Father.

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" 1 John 3:1