rainbow love

the little girl that i nanny adores rainbows. she has rainbow pants. she picks rainbow sherbet when we go get ice cream. she often says things like "i'm a rainbow princess with rainbows on me!" i don't know what that means exactly, but it's cute. she is fascinated by rainbows. whenever we play with sidewalk chalk i draw her a rainbow and she acts so very delighted and goes on about how beautiful it is.
when i first began to take care of khloe, i thought that her total absorption with anything symbolizing a rainbow was silly. but lately i've found that i've become attracted to rainbows too. they really are lovely.

it's funny how this rainbow love has rubbed off on me.

it's funny that when you spend time with someone you love, you begin to delight in what delights them. as a child, khloe's feelings are generally uninhibited. i mean that if she's feeling something, you know it. and it's a beautiful thing to see the look of genuine joy on the face of a child. there is something about rainbows that consistently leaves her in awe.

all that to say, it makes me wonder...what kind of love do i rub off on others? what do people see me delighting in? if you asked those closest to me, "what leaves nicole in awe?", what would their answer be?

i want the answer to be Jesus. i want God's love to be contagious through me. i want to be a child of Him who loves with joyful and reckless abandon.