Meat and Vegetables

Last night we were sitting at the dinner table and Trevor brought up his Kindergarten teacher and her pregnancy. It sounded as if the class had been proposing different theories that day as to how the doctors could tell the gender of the baby. There was one in particular that really stuck with Trevor and he was convinced of its truth: boys eat meat and girls eat vegetables.

Well, after we chuckled a bit, we explained to him how an ultrasound worked (in 5 yr. old terms). He listened intently, but you could tell he really liked the meat and vegetables explanation much better. Oh, to be 5 again!!!

Trevor's limited perspective on biology got me thinking about what we must sound like sometimes to God. Have you ever told God how you think a plan should come together or somehow believed that you had His ways all figured out? Our vision is pretty narrow compared to our Creator.

The other day I was reading Ps. 8. and I was struck by the fact that God set the heavens in place with his fingers! That's pretty amazing. What's even more amazing? It also says that in spite of his greatness, he is mindful of us. He cares so much about us and shows incredible patience even when we don't quite have all of our facts right.

Isn't it good to know that God loves us in spite of ourselves? What a great God we serve!