I know that Rodney promised not to make this blog a place to tell cute stories about his kids, but I never made that promise! So today, I’m going to tell a cute story about one of Rodney’s children! Yesterday during first service I had the opportunity to hang out in Little Lambs, that’s the 18 month – 3 year crowd. I happened to be chewing some bubble gum and blowing bubbles. This isn’t anything surprising, I chew gum all the time, but yesterday the kids thought it was the most fun thing they’d ever seen! Grayson, in particular, couldn’t get enough! He ran over to me and stood right in front of me, jumping up and down, he squealed, “Blow another bubble! Blow another bubble!” He did it so emphatically that I started to laugh hysterically! Then he laughed at me laughing, and all the while continued to beg for another bubble. This went on for about 15 minutes. It was one of those great moments when you laugh so hard your stomach hurts, and you smile so much your cheeks hurt. It was such a sweet moment with such a wonderful kiddo!
The point of this story wasn’t just to tell you how much fun I had with Grayson yesterday, although I did! Throughout the day I couldn’t stop smiling about the experience. It was just so much fun and it was a tremendous blessing. It created joy in my heart. I was reminded of how when I was a child I marveled at the things my parents could do that I was incapable of. My mom could cook, my dad could drive a tractor, they could remember all the roads to get to all the places we needed to go, my older sister could color inside the lines, my grandad could fix farm equipment, my mammaw could make flowers grow! Just like Grayson couldn’t believe that I could make bubbles come out of my mouth, I was always amazed at the adults in my life.
Do we have moments like this with God? Moments where we stand in front of him and jump up and down, just squealing, “Do it again! Do it again!” Maybe it would sound like this…
”I can’t believe you created that tiny baby!”
”I can’t believe you put that rainbow in the sky!”
”I’m amazed at the way you got rid of that cancer!”
I hope that we all have moments like this with our Father. Moments of true joy where we spend time just rejoicing in the tremendous things that He does that we can’t do! I know that when I walked away from Grayson Sunday I felt blessed, I also know that if I spend time in front of God praising Him for His unbelievable ways, that I’ll feel blessed then too! I pray today that you find a moment to jump up and down in front of your Father and squeal with delight!
