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Have you ever watched a small child experimenting with gravity? My nine-month-old granddaughter has recently begun using a sippy cup. She’s very proud of herself! Likes to hold her yellow cup by one pink handle, throws her head way back to drain the very last drop. But before she gets to that last drop, she…

At some time, most of us have delt with a “monster.” Sometimes the monster first shows up in a dream, sometimes it’s an event or situation we can’t stop agnsting over. As I crossed the threshold, my four-year-old grandson immediately began telling me about the dream he had the night before, about “the monster in…

Five-and-a-half-year-old Katie jumped and danced in her purple unicorn shirt with matching leggings. So much energy! I remember a day when she literally jumped up and down in place: “Why are you jumping, Katie?” “Because I like to jump” came her nearly breathless reply. I find myself wondering why so much energy is granted to…

“Today I am giving you a choice. You can choose life and success or death and disaster.” (Deuteronomy 30:15, Contemporary English Version)  My granddaughter has a very strong preference. She prefers her food delivered directly from mom, not from a bottle. Hungry though she may be, she prefers to scream (sometimes her screams actually sound like…

“‘I [the Lord] know what I am doing. I have it all planned out….’” (Jeremiah 29:11a, The Message) Holding my one-month-old granddaughter I walked to the first staircase landing. “Hold onto the railing,” I said, turning to look over my shoulder. Her big (three-year-old) brother walked down behind us. “Why?” Having already had a couple…

“Abide in Me, and I in you.” (John 15:4a, New American Standard Bible) My three-year-old grandson was “flying” around the kitchen playing airplane. Suddenly he began slowing down, gradually descending to the floor. “I’m out of gas.” “Well,” I said holding out my hand to demonstrate, “you could glide into the gas station and get…

“…I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually – regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion]…” (Mathew 28:20, Amplified Bible) Holding my new granddaughter in one arm, I managed to work pretty well with the other hand. She had eaten (and eaten and eaten!), been changed and now nestled in the crock of my…

“And I bowed low and worshiped the Lord….” (Genesis 24:48, New American Standard Bible) A dear friend of mine is a “child magnet.” Children, even those Dianne* has never met, gravitate to her. When she interviewed for a position as a reading specialist, the school principal showed her around the campus. Stopping in one of…

“…walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him….” (Colossians 1:10, Christian Standard Bible) His daughter, Chloe Kim, had just won the Olympic* Gold Medal for Snowboarding’s Halfpipe. The Olympic Gold Medal … at only17! A photographer snapped a picture of Jong-Jin Kim side hugging the bronze medalist’s father, a look of pure joy reflected…

“For we walk by faith, not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5:7 With feet on the ottoman/table, I sat comfortably on the couch. “I can’t see; I can’t see!” she exclaimed. My three-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter had (again) laid herself face down across my outstretched legs, anticipating a rhythmic ride up and down as I bent my knees…