I am so sorry about the Blog and my lack of participation. Today I change that.
A couple of weeks ago my daughter and grandson, Tobin came down for a visit. The time to see him started with a BANG! Amy and I left about 7:30am to pick them up at Orlando Airport. Traveling 73 mph on I-95 just south of Palm Bay I heard a very loud noise like a bang, followed by a roaring sound. Yes, for the first time I ever remember I had a “blow out” of a tire. I have had flat tires that went down slowly but this was a major blow, a hole in the side wall of your tire. God is thanked for safety as we slowly pulled over, never losing control. We got the tire changed and had to buy a new one in Palm Bay so we now will be one hour late picking up our precious cargo. We then went to Green Meadows Farm and had an awesome time with my grandson milking his first cow!
The rest of the visit was filled with wonderful times and memories but lets skip quickly to the return trip. We rented a U-Haul trailer to give my daughter and son-in-law some furniture. This means a very long, slow trip from Vero to Raleigh/Durham, NC. 12 hours in the car with my grandson. He is an awesome traveler at 2 years, 4 months old. Now pay comes the “God Made the Moon” part.
It is about 7:30pm, we are 40 minutes from home and Tobin is getting tired of all of us(really the car). Amy moves into distraction mode and points to a very crescent moon and Tobin enjoys looking at it. He said, “Is the moon broken”? We laughed and Amy says a little rhyme that has been in our family since the children were little. “I see the moon and the moon sees me, God made the moon and God made me”. She repeated it several times in clever ways and Tobin responded with laughter then he started… Tobin: God made the moon? Amy: Yes, God made the moon. Tobin: God made animals? Amy: yes, God made animals. This started a long (maybe 3 minutes) of God made horses, cows, trucks, road, etc. Tobin asked about everything. Then there was this little pause in the action and Tobin said,
Did God make God?
We all sat there stunned and said, Yes, Tobin, that is right! From the mouths of Babes…
I’m glad your blog slump is over.
I love two-yead-olds. I teach them in Sunday School and they are always so much fun. Tobin is at such a precious age. It’s good to blog about these little things so you’ll remember them when he’s a teenager and driving everyone crazy.
This is my favorite two your old story to date. As you say, it is stunning….that a two your old processed this great theological truth in the span of a few minutes….and most adults never think of it. It is mind blowing to me. I’m thrilled by how God works through children and I’m reminded by this how important it is that we communicate TRUTH to these precious ones.
Thanks for sharing this. It hasn’t been far from my thoughts since you told me about it last week.