As a follow-up to my last reflection, A pile of tiles... I've noticed recently how Adrian takes notice of the little things in life. Today, as he was shoveling chocolate pudding around his face, and eventually into his mouth, he would occasionally have a "dollop" of pudding fall from his spoon. At this point he would stop everything and look for the missing "dollop" - oblivious to the massive pile of pudding on his spoon that he was flinging every which way. All he was concerned about was finding the missing dollop. So I would help him find what he was looking for so he could continue eating. Adrian seems incredibly attentive to the overlooked things of this world.
Consider how Adrian cleans the floor...yes, I have Adrian clean the floor...at least whenever he has thrown his food from his plate. There will be crackers and big chunks of bread and Adrian will find the smallest particle of dust lying on the floor pick it up and exclaim, "turtle!" which means, "Dirty!" Or, if you watch Adrian play, you will notice how he can be immersed in a toy for a couple of minutes and then he will stand up and run to the other side of the room - tiptoeing his way through the debris of toys cluttering the floor and he will find the smallest, most overlooked object in the room and lift it up as his discovered treasure.
Yes, Adrian is incredibly attentive to the overlooked things of this world. Which makes me think of the stories in the Bible about how God is like the shepherd that leaves the 99 sheep to look for the one - kinda like flinging a pile of pudding on your spoon to find the missing dollop. You may think its careless to fling pudding around like that, but it sure seems beautiful to know that God searches for the overlooked ones like that.
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Perhaps I am not the most objective of evaluators, but I watch your life(lives)from an "outside" view. In the last 6 years I can count a dozen times where I have felt the Lord reaching down and organizing the floor on which you walk. I am convinced that, to God, his children are the tiles with people faces and every dollop and seemingly unworthy piece of "stuff" is a created treasure. Full of unique purpose and the particularities get us there... we just can't figure it out from here.
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't love feeling the same way about ourselves and others?