More than food

"Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!"
Luke 12:24

Elliot is being fed. His food is from his mother's hand. His food is from God's hand. His hand has, is and will sustain us. And God gives far greater than physical food. God calls us to live and work for more than food and clothes. "For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing." Luke 12:23

His hand provides spiritual strength to weak people. As a father and husband of weak faith, I am sustained by only His nourishment. How good it is to be in and under His hand. God's child is valuable, much more valuable than birds and beasts. Our child is valuable because God determined it so. How good it is to see a mother feed her son. How blessed it is to believe a Father feeds His children. "Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal." John 6:27

Lord, help me show your child where to find food. May he believe you are all he needs, you are all he can have. Help my son to see me eat your food and drink your drink and may we be sustained together as men one day, forever. "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." John 6:51

He knows his name

Elliot is now 41 weeks outside his Maker's knitting womb. He's been out more than in.

We can't explain to him:
why his parents keep looking at him;
what good a car seat is;
the benefit of keeping his hands under his blanket thus warm hands all night;
gravity's effect if we had let him dive off the couch;
and how to blow his nose.

He knows the goodness of:
a hot bath and the delightfulness of splashing in the tub;
his mother's sweet voice;
three little teeth crushing a cheerio;
watching and pointing at life out the window;
and Mom and Dad singing out of tune is just fine.

He got a quick sip of dad's coffee when mom wasn't looking. He seemed to want more.