Today is Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006; Karen's Korner #938

Our 2 1/2 year-old grandson, Luke, stayed with us for several days last week. He was a joy; full of energy. Luke is learning as he expereinces his world........like all kids his age are doing.
 
We had a couple of experiences in the time he stayed with us. On Thursday morning, I had a meeting in town that involved a dry marker board and several dry markers. Prior to the meeting, Luke and I had fun drawing around our hands and feet on newspaper print we had spread on our family room floor.
 
I had a meeting later that afternoon. Grandpa was going to watch Luke. When I came home from the meeting, grandpa had fallen asleep instead of Luke. Luke had gotten the marker and we had red marks everywhere! On Luke, on furniture, on books and magazines........
 
The next day we made apple pies for an early family Thanksgiving dinner. I had Luke pull up a stool next to me and we began mixing up pie crust; using a lower cutting board as our table. He did everything I did. Put in the flour, mix in the Crisco and salt. I noticed that the drawer above the cutting board was a bit ajar. And Luke, using the larger utensils and two-year-old coordination, had landed a couple of 'almost mixed ingredients' into the drawer.
 
As I watched and looked, I thought, "How can Luke learn except by trying, doing, watching, and learning from people willing to teach him? And he has to do some things wrong before he does them right."
 
And I thought about me and how God takes care of me as His Child and how many times I mess up 'His Kingdom' and how many things I continue to do wrong.
 
Luke didn't lose his standing in our lives because He made several 'mistakes' while he stayed with us. And we? We are even more loved by our Heavenly Father, whether we color on some items we shouldn't or drop a spoonful of a floury mixture in the wrong drawer by accident.
 
"Dear Father in Heaven, thank You for adopting us into Your forever family. I like knowing that I am Your Child and that You love me unconditionally. If I love Luke no matter what, I know that You do the same for me and all of Your Children.........only better. Thank You that You have chosen to teach us so many, many things. Forgive me when I make a mess of things, as I learn. Thanks for never giving up on me and not giving up on my friends. Help all of us to learn the lessons You have in store. And thank You for the opportunity to share what we learn with others. In Jesus' Name. AMEN."

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