My twin boys, now six, are still little enough to let me
sneak a snuggle. 

So, I do, as often as I can. 

I tuck their sleep-warmed bodies close in the morning and
press my aging cheek to their soft skinned faces.  I drink in the profile of their noses and
eyelashes, still boyishly soft, perfection. 
I ask for monkey-hugs after school and end the day with bedtime kisses
on cheeks, hair and foreheads.

It was during one such snuggle session, with my heart full-to-bursting,
I told Levi, “My love for you is so big. 
It’s as big as this whole room!”

He turned in my embrace and eyed me with a look of serious
appraisal.  “You mean, the whole house?”
he asked.    

I paused, afraid my expansive expression of love might not
measure up.  “Yes,” I said.

But, he caught my hesitation and asked further, “Is that
what you meant?”

Found out, I replied, “Well, I meant this room.”

Quickly, he added, “And the whole galaxy?”

“Yes,” I said.

“That’s how it is for me too,” he concluded, then turned and settled back into my lap.  

I felt my heart expand, my love grew ten sizes larger,
returning to a size somewhat closer to what it must have been when I too was a
child of six, still willing to seek a snuggle. 

Children love on an epic scale, maybe this is why Christ tells us to turn and return again to a child-like heart.  Here’s hoping your heart grows a little larger today, too.