Growing up I had a great grandmother who we called GG. We loved her dearly – her sense of humor, her determination, her cinnamon rolls, her love of family and her devotion to God. When we visited Iowa I slept in the front room with GG in her double bed where she accused me of nightly giving her the “Bonky-roll-stomp”. If you sat on her lap, she would tickle you and laugh and say, “You’d better sit still!” She was such a character – and I hope I take after her.
We would stay with her for several weeks in the summer – and we played endless games of “Memory” (with old maid cards) at her kitchen table, and we’d play “I spy” for literally hours. She made up a game called “hide the thimble” which we begged her to play over and over. Most importantly she got us “little boxes” of sugar cereal for breakfast. Our time with her was the best.
She had such a zest for life and absolutely the best laugh you ever heard! Just today I remembered one of her sayings- something I’d forgotten. She would say it regularly to us. “I love you more than tongue can tell!’ I believed her. When I think about it now, I realize that the love and devotion she had for all of us, was truly one of the best examples of God’s love for me.
There are so many verses in Scripture that remind me of His unspeakable love. How do I choose one to think about? Well, I’m going to share my favorite passage here, Ephesians 2:4-10:
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
and that makes me think of this old hymn:
The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure—
The saints’ and angels’ song.
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
My heart is so grateful for the earthly love that’s been given to me, from loved ones, like GG. But far surpassing it is this rich, deep, Love that I’ve come to know. It’s more than my brain can really understand. And its far more than my tongue can tell.
Thank you, Lord.
daily portion 
I remember GiGi with Marilyn and Melody.