EAR-TO-EAR #249

As I sat motionless and speechless on the bronze-colored leather sofa in our family room, my gaze was transfixed on our grandson of 20 months less two days.  What an incredible transformation has taken place in the brevity of a mere three or four months.  He was engrossed in imaginary cooking at this Fisher-Price Living Center, a plastic wonderland of kitchen fantasy – miniature stainless steel skillets, spatula and whisk – neoprene simulated bright green peas, orange carrots, and chicken nuggets – the whole fare.  What had me most fascinated was the maturity from formerly using the aforementioned food items for projectiles and items to be hidden under the couch and in plastic drawers, as he had been doing only weeks ago, to intensely accurate preparatory activities including sophisticated motor-control maneuvers like stirring, flipping, and serving the faux foods in culinary acceptable arrangements.  I was so overjoyed at seeing his development and I deliberated within the confines of my analysis if this observation process is anything like what goes through God’s mind as he observes His creation transition from misuse of the talents and gifts He has made available to us which we could not comprehend until, in the flash of a moment, we learn to employ the tools to perform within the proper utility of His intended purpose - at those times, He must truly be smiling ear-to-ear.

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