The Secret

I would be sitting there doing nothing when Gabe would walk up and say "Tell me a secret!" He was probably every bit of 3 years old and loved secrets. I would whisper little things like "I love you" in his ear and we would giggle and snicker like I had just told him the secret to life. I would no more whisper into his ear and he would put his little hands on my face, turn my head and whisper in my ear. But, his secrets were jabber, not even words. He would cup his little hands around his mouth and say "Psss, psss, psss" and I would jerk my head back and say "No way!" and then we would laugh and carry on. This game would continue for hours.

Kristina, being the prissy one, would always get so mad because she wanted to know the "secret." I would tell Gabe that he better not tell my secret and he would cover his mouth with his hands and snicker to the point his entire little body would shake. He would get a gleam in his eyes and pop those big hazel eyes back and forth as if he was looking for a secret agent. "Tell me!" Kristina would demand while stomping her feet. After a few minutes of getting her all fired up I would eventually say, "Come here." She would walk towards me, arms folded across her chest and bottom lip poked out. I would cup my hands around my mouth right next to her ear and I would whisper "I love you!" "Ugh, Momma! That's not even a secret!" she would complain!

Oh how times have changed. I have watched my children's interest change and grow. Secrets now consist of who is dating who and which girl in the class is the prettiest. Secrets of a kiss stolen in the school hallway and what grade someone made on a test. Even though they are 16 and 12 I still cannot help but tuck my kids in at night. Of course, I wait until they are asleep because can you imagination the humilation they would feel to know they were tucked in by their Mother! Oh the shame!! haha But, every night, as I tip-toe in their rooms I bend over them and whisper in their ears "I love you!"

1 Corinthians 12:26-27 says "...the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." I love the first part the mystery. You know the secret is that God has chosen YOU! When we are born again and I say that firmly because when we accept Christ as the Lord and Savior of our lives we are completely a new creature. Everything about us changes. Our tastes change. The social settings that were once acceptable are no longer, our friends change, things that were once a big deal now seem to just be ant hills. Our bitterness, our anger, our hatefulness are gone! He transforms us and we are new creatures in him. But, the greatest secret of all is....it isn't even a secret!! He is Lord, he is Emmanuel!