Simple Gifts

 

	“How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you made them all…When you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.”
	—Psalm 104:24, 28

Out they came, mouths open, tongues out, excitement showing on every face. I stood by the front door of the school doing my daily end-of-the-day bus duty. As though playing from some script, over and over again, the children ran out of school into the new snow with the same reaction. Cries of delight, eyes skyward, they couldn’t have been happier.

The adults reacted with far less joy. We complained and worried about the drive home, finding nothing so gleeful in it. I wonder which group pleased the Lord more. He must have watched with pleasure as the children enjoyed this gift He’d brought to an otherwise ho-hum school day.

As I watched the children’s reaction and delight, God reminded me not only of His wonderful creation, but His kind and gentle way with children. He gives us their happy spirits to remind us of simple pleasures and of beauty He constantly provides around us.

Thank you, Lord, for revealing the beauty that I wouldn’t have seen except for these open-mouthed, gleeful children.

As you live through gray, lifeless days, look for the beauty and wonder that children see. You may find that you, too, can find enjoyment in God’s simple gifts.