He spread his legs from one large, colored floor tile across to the next, trying not to step on the brown tile in between. Then, he leaned on a ledge to steady himself as he put both feet back on the same colored tile from which the game had begun. He tried going in different directions, hopping a little, and then finished with a twirling flight of fancy. For many people, life can sometimes appear to be a series of mundane segments -either waiting for something to happen, or simply plodding through that regularity of activities that makes up most of our day's accomplishments. At moments like these, I think of Jesus' advice that to enter the kingdom of heaven, we must approach life like little children.
Small children are often able to find something to do during even the dullest of moments.
All too often, we become pawns of the circumstances which surround us. This Pentecost season, let us seek to be truly alive to the Spirit of God who surrounds us with creativity, activity, strength and imagination. Well, yes, but not entirely. The first recorded celebration of a day to honor fathers was held at the request of Mrs. John Dodd in 1910. Sonora Smart Dodd had good reason to honor her Dad.