As I look at this picture of my grandson enjoying the warmth of the sun upon his face I can’t help but wonder what’s going through his mind. Is he thinking how wonderful it feels? Maybe, he is thinking “this is the best part of my day”, or maybe he is talking to God. Someday I will ask him but for now just knowing that he is content and happy in that place is enough for me. Feeling the warmth of the sun is such a small thing to most of us. Something we rarely even think about and even take for granted, but this child, this precious little boy who has no feeling below his neck finds comfort in the feeling of the sun upon his face; isn’t the grace of God amazing?
Yesterday Jason celebrated his 7th birthday!! I can honestly say it was amazing to watch him joke and play with the other kids. He is so sweet and kind and funny and the kids are so loving and gentle towards him. He brings out the best in everyone around him! He has changed my life in so many ways and on so many levels over the past two years. Through this child my faith is tested and strengthened. I miss the way he used to be but I love the child he is today. It is hard to explain but the accident and the subsequent events have made me realize who God truly is; who I am in the Lord today is not who I was two years ago. I see Him in a way that I never saw Him before. He is my strength, my comfort and my life. Without Him I am nothing but with Him I am more than a conqueror and so is Jason.
I know that God, by a miracle or by modern medicine will make the way for Jason to feel and move his body again. I look for that day to come as sure as I look for the second coming of my Savior, Jesus Christ. I am that certain! Until that time arrives I have the comfort of knowing that Jason is fully content in the body he has and even says that he loves his body just the way it is. God has blessed him with acceptance and contentment in the way things are. Instead of dwelling on what he is missing out on he is enjoying the sunshine on his face. I wish we could all be more like him.
SCRIPTURES
Instead, I am content and at peace. As a child lies quietly in its mother's arms, so my heart is quiet within me. Psalm 131:2
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. Philippians 4:12
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! Psalm 27:14
I pray that out of His glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:16-21
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