"Let's Do That Again!"

Tuesday

I'm clearly not around children enough.  I'm the youngest child in my family.  I never worked the nursery at church.  I didn't really do any babysitting.  My youngest cousin already towers over her sisters.  Today I went back over to Keith and Sarah's for the second time.  Nancy wanted me to take them some food, and deliver some onions, plantains, tomatoes, potatoes, veggie burgers, for the Boston Project. I had the pleasure of enjoying a wonderful meal of burgers and veggies off the grill, along with pork and beans, and sweet potato pie for dessert.  After dinner, I got to play with the kids, and I must say, their MarbleWorks tracks made me a little nostalgic (MarbleWorks is set of tubes and ramps that slide together and form long routes for marbles to roll down; we had the exact same set as a kid).  I was sitting on the couch, and Joseph (5) brought me over a small plastic airplane and a single rubber band.  He wanted me to hold the rubber band taut, then he would use it to launch the airplane.  He did this a couple times, and then Timmy (3) wanted a turn.  Timmy would launch the airplane across the room, looking to see where it went.  After running to get it, he would  say in the sweetest, most excited voice, "Let's do that again!"  It seemed like it would never get old.  The mystery and magic of the rubber band kept Timmy coming back, over and over, never tiring of saying, "Let's do that again!"  God calls us to come to him like little children.  Sometimes I think we get bored or tired of God, but he is so amazing and wonderful!  May we never tire of putting our trust in God, letting him launch us out in faith, seeing where he takes us, run after his will, and all the while turning to him to say, "Let's do that again!"