beloved

Day 29

To be called “beloved” is a precious thing. To be called “beloved” by God is indescribable. Believers are said to be accepted in the Beloved,  referring to Jesus. The fact that God’s Word uses the same term for us sinners that he does his Son is just jaw-droppingly amazing.

That’s why I love that verse from Psalm 127 so much.

He gives his beloved sleep.

When I read that verse, I think of a daddy holding his toddler gently in his arms, rocking her, singing to her, watching her eyelids droop. God could have said, “He gives his people sleep”, but the fact that he chose to call us “beloved” there demonstrates a tenderness and a gentleness that the giver of this particular gift has for us, his little ones.

His beloved.