“Sometime ago I woke up in the middle of the night. Dawn was hours away, but I could see quite clearly in our bedroom because the moonlight was streaming through the window.
I looked at my wife, Nancy, sleeping beside me, and suddenly, instead of feeling groggy as one might expect,
I was overwhelmed by the most intense sense of love. It was as if I saw our entire married life in one kaleidoscopic viewing. One scene after another replayed in my mind: the afternoon we met, our first private joke, the first time we ever laughed really hard together, secret nicknames and hidden traditions, the way she smiled at me when she walked down the isle at our wedding. I saw all those kinds of events – some momentous, some trivial but for some reason unforgettable – that anyone who has ever loved will carry to the grave.
Then something else happened that I did not expect. Propped up on one elbow and watching Nancy sleep, I thought, While I lie in bed sleeping, God is watching me. As the psalmist expressed it,

And the thought came to me that God was saying something like this:

“I love you like that. While you lay sleeping, no one can see you, but I watch you. My heart is full of love for you. What your heart is feeling right now as you watch your wife, what a parent feels watching a child, is a little picture for you, a gift, so you can know – every night when you go to sleep – that this is my heart for you. I want you to reflect on this at night before you close your eyes. I’m watching you, and I’m full of love.”

It was an overwhelming moment. I had the sense that God himself was somehow speaking to me. These were not just thoughts about God, but thoughts from God. I felt that God wanted to speak of his love to me – personally.”

Our precious Abba is watching over you tonight,
and always, with a heart of love for you ---- for you personally.
Selah
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Alex