christmas at the morrow's

Mini worship set with my family. Twenty family members gathered in the living room. The babies still and wondrous at the voices and harmony. Bri on keys, my dad on guitar, my uncle on congas. Complete with the likes of "Beautiful Exchange" and "I Surrender All", my grandma's all-too-familar voice blaring the tenor part.

this is Christmas at the Morrow's when church is cancelled.

our christmas present to our parents

A HUGE thanks to Mary Smoot for these gorgeous photos.

the whole clan.

my sister is such a beautiful and graceful mother.

winners of cutest family ever, and cutest baby ever.

one of my very favorite faces.

the inseparable five.

my wonderful "little" brother with all his girls.

THE HANDSOME BOYS!!

This is my family.

We do real, we do mistakes, we do grace, we do cuddling, we do dance parties, we do loud really well...

we do so much love.

loved.

The action of loving is something, but to be loved - well, that's everything.

It's a feeling everyone desires; it's a longing to be noticed, regarded, wanted. It is a part of human nature and at the core of our souls.

Lately, I have contemplated what it would be like to be loved. I imagine it to be enchanting, mesmerizing, blissful. I think my head would swim and I would probably question it over and over again...loving the way it sounds as it's repeated to me. I want this. I pray for this.

But, as a 21 year-old hopeless romantic with hefty expectations for love, I must remember that the truest form of love is from the Lord. He alone demonstrates the selflessness and purity of that which is love itself. I am reminded of this whenever I picture human love...I am reminded that it will never measure up to the love that God has so freely given.

"I have loved you with an everlasting love...I have drawn you in with loving-kindness" - Jeremiah 31:3

I have LOVED you. Loved. Can you even imagine the magnitude of that concept? Isn't there something humbling about knowing you are LOVED by God? It's not just a verb; it's not just an action - it is actually a description of His relationship with us. It attaches us to Him. We are His. We are LOVED.

Just my thoughts of the night.

- d