Holding Father's Hand

I will never forget the day my niece was born. Wow, that was seven years ago. It's hard to believe that much time has gone by. But, I remember being so excited. The day that my sister told all of us that she was going to have a baby was pretty unexpected. She had just graduated high school and she was already going to be a mom. But, she has been a great mother and my niece is a wonderful little girl. Sometimes, I look at my niece and want to pick her up and hold her like I did when she was a baby, but she's too big for that now. It's hard to believe that those little baby hands and feet are now getting bigger and bigger each day. She doesn't need anyone to hold her up and feed her or take her hands and walk her around. I can't talk to her like I would when she was so tiny anymore because now she wants me to talk to her like she is a "mature-growing-up-girl" is how she puts it. :-)


Once so reliant on those around her to take care of her every need, now she wants to do everything herself. I wait for those moments when she can't do something and so she gets frustrated and looks at me and asks for help. I love it when she curls up next to me when we sit and watch a Disney movie or Sesame Street. She still is small enough to allow me to hold her hand when we go anywhere and she still gets tired and wants me to hold her when she doesn't want to walk anymore.


I wonder how true these are the feelings of God? When we first come to know Him, we rely on Him. But, when we have been Christians for a period of time we tend to try and do things on our own. We still want Him there just in case we need help, but we want to do it on our own. God doesn't want to dictate everything we do, because He has given us the ability to make choices, but He doesn't want us to lose our reliancy on Him. He still wants to hold our hand and teach us new things. When we come to the point of "Ok, I think I have gotten this being a Christian thing down" that is when we should realize that we are trying to do it on our own. Just think about that today.