My son Adrian sometime struggles with his identity. I believe it's because God has amazing plans for his future, and this is something that he needs to get out of the way so that other stuff can happen.
Adrian is very sensitive, and experiences emotions very intensely. He teases his siblings and pushes Dean and I to our limits. We have had such clashes, and I beg God for discernment. "How do I get this kid to develop characteristics of obedience, empathy and putting others first, and at the same time help him know how incredibly special and wonderful he is?"
Today was a "WOW" moment for Adrian - and being a part of that is priceless to me.
Adrian came home from school waving a piece of looseleaf around. On it he had pencilled some words that he wanted me to google (Funny. I don't feel old, but I never ran into the house as a kid and asked my parents to "google" anything."). These were the words:
I plugged it in and sat and watched the 4 minute video with him.
As stars and planets were compared in high definition, he kept saying, "Don't you feel small? I just feel so small!"
By the time the video showed the final star, the earth, in comparison, was only a pinprick. The large star would take 1100 years to fly around one time. And that massive star is only a pinprick itself in the vastness of our universe.
"And God made all that just for fun. It's just out there, hanging around. God just made it for fun." I agreed with Adrian and commented on how creative and imaginative our God is.
"But don't you feel small now, Mom?" he asked again. "I just feel so small!"
I looked at my precious son and told him, "And yet the Father saves each one of your tears and counts the number of hairs on your head."
He didn't say anything, but I saw his eyes. I saw that he got a glimpse of the Father's passion for him. That seed will go along way.
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Precious! Touching! Thank you Lord! You are awesome in this place,Mighty God! Abba Father!
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