plain and precious truth

This morning Alea woke up before Ava and we had some alone time together. This does not happen very often so we made the most of it by snuggling on my bed(her idea)and eating breakfast together. While we were eating breakfast Alea looked at a picture of Jesus that hangs on a wall by the table then looked at me and asked me if I could hear Jesus. I was not quite sure how to answer her question, so I replied with a question of my own. I asked her if she could hear Jesus? She replied yes. I then asked her what he was saying to her? She said He is saying "Alea I love you". I could tell she actually felt and heard Jesus telling her this. She knows she is a child of God and that he loves her. It made me wonder how many times my Heavenly Father tells me he loves me and I am not listening. I want to hear Him say Melissa I love you.