Today is Friday, October 1st, 2010; Karen's Korner #1920
This was a 'funeral week' for us in Clarion. One elderly lady from our church on Monday morning; another Clarion lady in her early 80s on Tuesday morning. As luck would have it, they were buried nearly beside one another in our local cemetery.
Standing at the burial and listening to the minister saying his parting words on Tuesday, there were tears and sadness amongst family and friends. But not with four-month-old, Elliott! He caught the eye of a gray-haired lady standing next to me. He started his baby 'dialogue' with her: bouncy eyes and lots of smiles. He was safe in dad's arms and his world was safe and sure.
Our two-and-a half-year-old grandson Noah knows more than Elliott, I am sure, with his added life experiences. He doesn't have many cares either. His has a 'charmed life' of a mom and dad, two older siblings. I doubt he spends much time at night laying awake, worrying about where he's going to be living tomorrow; if he is going to have enough to eat and wear. He has a few more experiences than Elliott, but he trusts the people who are taking care of him.
Add on lots of years and decades. Who do we trust? What do we believe?
God wants us to be like Elliott and Noah: safe in the arms of our Heavenly Father; trusting in Him to take care of our daily needs; smiles on our faces and joy in our hearts because we don't have any fear of what is going to happen to us next. We will be taken care of!
Heavenly Father, thank You that I don't have to look any farther than yesterday to see that You always take care of me. My memories reach over decades of times when You guarded and guided the things that have come my/our direction. Thank You for that love and care, so just for today I want to be like Elliott and Noah; safely tucked into Your arms and smiling at the world around me.
In Jesus' name. Amen.
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