Today I was on a date with Jesus at Parque Bosque. The sun was shinning, the wind was wrestling the leaves, the mountains gave away some of their secrets, and the perfect temperature made it just…well, perfect.
I love watching people and from time to time I would get distracted. There were these two that I couldn’t take my eyes off of for awhile. The man was tall for a tico, his white beard coming out from under his ball cap encircling his proud smile for his grandchild. He was teaching his grand-daughter, who looked to be about 8 years old, how to ride a bike.
He would show her how to get on the bike and would position the peddles for her. The loving grandfather would hold on to either her or the bike as they started off for the grand adventure. At times he would only hold on to the back of the bike, or the front of the bike, or just her shirt; wherever he felt would give her the best chance to do it alone without getting too hurt.
The grandfather was so encouraging and would give her instructions on what to do. Sometimes it wasn’t all fun; she did fall off several times. Yet her grandfather was right there to encourage her to keep trying.
As I enjoyed every minute watching these two, God started showing me this is how He is with us. He will show us one step at a time how to do the next new thing in our lives. He demonstrates how to get started; He even positions the peddles for us. He guides us and when He knows we are ready He begins letting us do more. He is there always with His hand on us being our cheerleader.
He’s there even when we fall off the bike and get hurt. God our Father, picks us up, checks our wounds, does the healing He needs to and helps us back up on the bike again. As we ride, He is running right next to us, never letting us out of His sight or reach. He rejoices in our success and laughs with us. He is ever so gentle and never calls us stupid because it takes us longer than we think it should, or we take detours. He is always there loving us ever so sweetly.
What an awesome God we have that cares to teach us, show us, guide us, love us, and be there for us every moment of the day.
1 comments:
That is a beautiful picture of our Father, Sunshine! Thanks for sharing.
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