First off a late Happy Easter to everyone!
Today my wife and I took the kids to the park to fly their kite. It was easy to get the kite into the air as it was quite windy today. Each of my children had multiple opportunities to display their kite flying skills.
Unfortunately, disaster struck. Our oldest son flew the kite into a tree. The boys ran to me and asked me to do something about it. I fought valiantly like a fisherman hauling in his catch and finally the string broke. I told the boys that it was over. The kite was stuck in the tree and we would never be able to get it down. They both looked down and moped with me for a moment ... As we were walking away from our lost kite my four year old son asked me "Daddy can you pray that God would get the kite down" ... With little faith, I responded to his request, knowing that the kite was as much a part of that tree as the trunk. "Dear God, please help the kite to find its way out of the tree." My two boys responded ... "Amen" ...
Time passed and we went from slide to swing. At least an hour passed. All the while the kite was staring at us from across the park some thirty feet off the ground, stuck in its fixed branch fate. Finally my youngest son asked to go to the bathroom. Being as this is a park and the bathrooms are none too clean I figured I could be of much assistance. Also I did not want to leave my son alone anywhere in the park ... Yes, dad to the bathroom is a must. Afterwards my son wanted to get a drink of water, which at the park means he wants to spend time filling up the water fountain to the point it overflows onto the grass and THEN get a drink. After spending some quality time at the water fountain we started to head back over to the slides. Meanwhile my wife was headed towards the swings so we slightly diverted that way to meet her. I took a glance over at our poor stuck kite. Just as I looked I noticed it shift slightly up the branch in a way more favorable to catching the wind. I walked towards my wife to tell her that the kite moved some and maybe, just maybe it might come down. I turned back to look and it lifted off the branch and started sailing across the park.
I took off towards it and met it landing towards the ground. After a little maintenance, I handed it to the kids. I overheard the two boys. My four year old exclaimed "you know, we prayed to God and He came through." My six year old responded "Yeah, after all He is risen from the dead" ...
Matt 18:2-4 He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."written Easter Sunday 2008
Today my wife and I took the kids to the park to fly their kite. It was easy to get the kite into the air as it was quite windy today. Each of my children had multiple opportunities to display their kite flying skills.
Unfortunately, disaster struck. Our oldest son flew the kite into a tree. The boys ran to me and asked me to do something about it. I fought valiantly like a fisherman hauling in his catch and finally the string broke. I told the boys that it was over. The kite was stuck in the tree and we would never be able to get it down. They both looked down and moped with me for a moment ... As we were walking away from our lost kite my four year old son asked me "Daddy can you pray that God would get the kite down" ... With little faith, I responded to his request, knowing that the kite was as much a part of that tree as the trunk. "Dear God, please help the kite to find its way out of the tree." My two boys responded ... "Amen" ...
Time passed and we went from slide to swing. At least an hour passed. All the while the kite was staring at us from across the park some thirty feet off the ground, stuck in its fixed branch fate. Finally my youngest son asked to go to the bathroom. Being as this is a park and the bathrooms are none too clean I figured I could be of much assistance. Also I did not want to leave my son alone anywhere in the park ... Yes, dad to the bathroom is a must. Afterwards my son wanted to get a drink of water, which at the park means he wants to spend time filling up the water fountain to the point it overflows onto the grass and THEN get a drink. After spending some quality time at the water fountain we started to head back over to the slides. Meanwhile my wife was headed towards the swings so we slightly diverted that way to meet her. I took a glance over at our poor stuck kite. Just as I looked I noticed it shift slightly up the branch in a way more favorable to catching the wind. I walked towards my wife to tell her that the kite moved some and maybe, just maybe it might come down. I turned back to look and it lifted off the branch and started sailing across the park.
I took off towards it and met it landing towards the ground. After a little maintenance, I handed it to the kids. I overheard the two boys. My four year old exclaimed "you know, we prayed to God and He came through." My six year old responded "Yeah, after all He is risen from the dead" ...
Matt 18:10 See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
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