Taberism #13 – How did I end up here?

Two year olds are an interesting age group. They are old enough to express themselves and still uncoordinated enough to be trusted with “fragile” things. One of Tabers favorite phrases when he is asked not to touch/play with something that is fragile is “Duss looking Dad.” Nine out of ten times it goes from “duss looking”… too… just holding… too… just broken. His M.O. is to run away (mostly because he is afraid and embarrassed) and then returns to say he’s “sawrry”.

I was reflecting after one such instance and it dawned on me that we often respond to God in the same manner. God says to “not touch” not because He wants to be a “buzz kill”, but because He is trying to protect us from breaking ourselves. Like my son we find ourselves just looking… too… just touching… too… how did I end up here. And like Taber our initial reaction is to run from God because we are afraid or ashamed of what we did. However, when we are faithful to return to God, admit our mistake and ask for forgiveness, He is faithful and just to forgive us and make us whole again.

It makes me proud when the one out of ten times Taber walks away from that which is so tempting. I can only imagine how proud God is of us when we are obedient to Him.