This past week I was able to take a short vacation with my family.  As we prepared for the long drive, my wife and I dreaded the idea that we would have three kids under the age of 7 in a car for hours on end.
We anticipated questions like “Are we there yet?”
However a few hours into the drive, we realized that our children were behaving really well.  They were playing nicely with each other and not bothering us at all.  We were shocked.
Our youngest, a 2 year old wasn’t feeling well and lost his lunch… at first we thought it was just car sickness, but he did it again later that evening.
We kept wondering if we should just go home so that he could be in his familiar circumstances to get well.  But we also had really wanted to take a vacation because it was long over due.  I started to watch my son very closely and even though he wasn’t feeling well, and he certainly wasn’t his normal cheerful self, he tried to have fun and be happy as much as he could.
He was enduring his trial very well.  It’s amazing to me that even though these children were not in their familiar patterns and surroundings, they seemed to be able to role with the punches much better than I do when things don’t go my way.
When we finally got home, my two year old, who is just learning to talk, realized that we were home and called out “HAPPY!”  He was so happy to be home.
I testify that little children are close to God.  They are full of capacity and life.  They are encircled about in the arms of Jesus’ grace.
When I grow up, I want to be just like them.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
