When Even the Mundane Is Beautiful
This morning as I drove the kids to daycare something simple yet amazing happened.
I glanced into my rear view mirror and asked my daughter, Lina, if she had her water bottle back there in her car seat.
I watched her think for a split second about what I said and simply nod her head.
This sounds simple and mundane and not special whatsoever, but it struck me that this, as simple as it was, was an interaction I would have with a friend, my wife, a colleague – an adult.
However this wasn't a friend, my wife, or a colleague. This was my daughter. Someone I created (with my wife).
I had a very simple, yet very real interaction with something I made.
I talk a lot about how I love making YouTube videos because you go from something that didn't exist to something you can package up and share with the world. Out of nothing, something.
Creation.
But this isn't just some art piece or stereo system or YouTube video. This is a living, breathing human being. That started as nothing and is now something.
How beautiful and gracious that our God allows us to create life much the same way he did?! We get to experience the creation, love, and admiration of our own offspring.
It was just a simple question and an unspoken answer, but it was beautiful. And it made me wonder at all God has done and all he allows us to do.
We have a good, good Father.