One morning, when my
daughter was young, I turned to her as she played with her dolly on the kitchen
floor and said, “There’s a Jenny Rabbitt-shaped place in God’s heart that only
you can fill.” She wasn’t particularly impressed.
But for me, it was one of those utterances that felt like
the Holy Spirit himself. I must have been pondering Pascal’s famous line about
there being a “God-shaped space” in our hearts. But that spontaneous sentence
was a new perspective.
If God has a special place for each of us in his heart, we
are each special. And how much we long to be special to someone! We want one
person to reach out their hand toward us. We want one person to hold us against
their beating heart. We want one person so close that we can finish each other’s
sentences.
Many of us do not have a human being that close and on this
Valentine’s Day, perhaps we especially long for someone. Jesus, too, longs for someone
close. Though in his vast heart he has already made room for millions, he has
reserved a space made especially for you. On this Valentine’s Day, may we sense
his longing for us to move into that space.
Jesus, please draw us more deeply into your great heart,
where you have made a special space, just for us.