Faith Cora and I sat in bed with our books and drinks the other morning before the sun came up. I’d tried to be very quiet when I fixed my latte; but her yawning face and little pajama feet had padded into the kitchen soon after I’d begun. She mentioned on our way back to bed that she’d drink coffee too when she got older, but right now she just wanted her water cup.
Her book choices, scattered on the floor by the bed, were “Firebird”, “Bird Songs From Around the World”, “Violet the Pilot”, and “Lucado Treasury of Bedtime Prayers”; mine was my NLT study bible.
As we sipped our drinks, I suggested we read “Firebird”; but she quickly vetoed that and said, “No, I want to read my prayer book” and scrambled down off the bed to get it.
So first we read from her book:
Good Morning, God.
Lord, every morning you hear my voice.
Every morning, I tell you what I need.
And I wait for your answer.
Psalm 5:3
Then we read, “If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it…He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning.”
And then we read from my book:
Look up into the heavens.
Who created all the stars?
He brings them out like an army, one after another,
Calling each by its name.
Because of his great power and incomparable strength,
Not a single one is missing.
Isaiah 40:26
The sky was still dark so I suggested we go outside and see if we could find any of those stars God had created. We wrapped up in our snuggle-blanket and stepped out on the porch; I wasn’t a bit surprised when God took less than twenty seconds to send a north-directed shooting star blazing across the western sky.
The morning air was cold so we soon headed back inside to our warm blankets; and then talked about my verse one more time—zeroing in on the fact that God named each one of his stars.
After his original fireworks, we’d also seen a huge very bright star in the western sky. Some people might call it Venus, but Faith told me that she knew its name was Twinkle-twinkle little star; I’m pretty sure God smiled at her confidence in him when she called the name of his star.
What precious moments with Faith. I can just picture you both reading in bed:)
Making memories with stories and warm snuggly moments ????
Love the imagery and that you saw a shooting star!
Yes, God’s perfect exclamation mark! ?????And she knew exactly what it was. ?
Once again Faith Cora takes the day with the distinction P. L. Travers bestowed on Mary Poppins, “practically perfect in every way” (the distinction Faith Cora inherited from Grandmother Jan).
Bless you, my friend! ?????
The pristine mind of a small child communicates with the Creator in ways that are lost as they (we) grow older; which, I believe, is represented in the Genesis “Garden of Eden” story. These Tellings may be as close, yet so far away, as we mortals may ever get to experiencing the True Mind in our lifetimes on this earth. Witness: Chair Leaf. Accordingly, we are blessed in ways of which we are often unaware. Thanks to Faith Cora and you, her gifted amanuensis, for this Pear of Great Price.
Pax
b
Faith Cora & I both love learning new words–I just looked up amanuensis–made me smile at myself. I thought of a scribbled note I made last night as I overheard, from the kitchen, a conversation she & Mason were having in the living room. As the little “winguist” told her mommy the other day, she would add the new word “funky” to her “wexicon”; so will I add “amanuensis” to mine. ????
And I so agree that small children communicate much more directly with the Lord, than we ourselves can. Dan always said that he loved to hear noisy babies in church; and I always told embarrassed mamas that their babies were seeing and talking to angels.
“Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father. (Matthew 18:10)