Tiny Miracles

It was warm for winter so playing outside was A MUST. I was a little chilly but the kids didn't care. The colors excited them. As one child put it, "The sky is sooo blue!"
"The sun came to visit with us," they said. And "ahhh --- fresh air." I couldn't believe all that they were noticing, which seemed like normal scenery to most. "Where does the wind come from?" asked the five-year-old. At the end of our playground fun they fought to pick up leaves and sticks to take home as treasures.

I took them to McDonald's for lunch. And although my kids can act up, yesterday they were simply loving life. "Thank you for taking us to McDonald's," said one. "Yes, thank you", the other two chimed in. "It was fun." Yet all we did was eat fries and cheeseburgers. It wasn't our first time. I didn't even buy apple pies or happy-meals. (Cause I'm cheap!) Still they were enjoying their outing ---just because. They had played, they had eaten and they were going home for a nap. Sometimes tiny miracles are enough.

Little children are beholders of everything and they capture it with all their senses. It can be as mundane as a sunny day, or as elaborate as Christmas or a birthday. A child will absorb it and equate it to a joy adults rarely show. Their approach reminds to ask for no more and no less than God's will and to give praises for all he provides.