life

My daughter met me at the door with holding up her pointer finger saying look what I can do. Then she looked puzzled and realized it was wrong. Then my daughter put her thumb up and smiled as big as the sun.

That is life. Learning how to give the thumbs up is a skill that I don't remember learning but has been useful over the years. I love being a dad. I want to be better at it but I love spending time with my daughter and seeing her learn things. We ask each other questions. "Whats that", she says...and I reply, "what do you think it is?" I love watching her get excited about things. Yesterday we went to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo (that's an airplane museum for those not from the zoo). We were with my sister and her kids. As we walked in the doors there is a cool P-40 that is pink with teeth. My daughter sees it and starts yelling to her cousins "I told you it was here, I told you it was here!" Oh the joy of being two and a half.

I wonder if God feels this way when we understand the greatness of His creation. When we look at a sunset and marvel at the colors. If we are going to live life to the full (John 10:10) then there has to be part of us that loves to learn and enjoy the greatness of our God.