Deakin teaches us how to have joy and wander. He is so enthusiastic! Robert bought some of those little mini bananas for him and when he showed them to Deakin he bent at the waist and yelled in glee! He cradled them in his arms and hugged them and stomped his feet and turned in a circle. And this is normal for him. He finds so much glee in so many things! We recently went to the T-Rex Cafe in Kansas City. It is a family favorite. I told the kids we would try to go there sometime while Robert was gone but I had to have help with them and never could work it out. So we hadn't been since April of last year with Daddy. Which means Deakin was young enough that he didn't really get how special the place is. This time he got it! His most used word while there was, "roooaaar!!" It was such a fun time! But after we ate we went to the gift store where we finally put him down and let him go. He drew a crowd with his glee! Stomping and screaming and laughing hysterically! Running from toy to shirt to dinosaur action figure.... he was so happy! Robert and I love seeing our kids like this. We love to do things for them that bless them and bring them awe. When we left the restaurant he was still worked up, running around yelling and laughing and pointing at everything. Just joyous. I was trying not to cry watching him because I so admired his joy. Robert mused, "I wonder if that is what we will look like when we get to heaven?" And in honor of the ambition of finding joy today, some of my favorite joyous pictures of the people that bring me the most joy this side of Heaven. “The critical question for our generation—and for every generation--
is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ were not there? ” John Piper I read this quote almost a year ago and it struck me hard! How in love with Christ am I, really? How easy is it for us to get distracted by such temporary things? Is my joy for my Lord like Deakin's joy over the T-Rex Cafe? Is my joy in Christ better than the above pictures? That is some serious joy!
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