I have some catching up to do…. about 5 days of photos/posts to catch up on….

Last Friday, February 1st, after we said a blessing for dinner, Emma had a very serious look on her face and asked, “Maybe I shouldn’t ask this, but….was God ever a child?”   Brooks and I looked at each other , amazed at the thoughtfulness of this question.  Well, we both admitted that we were not sure if God was ever a child and explained that Jesus was the son of God and came to us as a baby, so in some ways, God was a child in Jesus.  Emma then said, “I actually don’t think God was ever a child…” 

In fact, Emma has always asked many profound questions about God — as early as when she was 2 1/2.  She asked  “was there anything here before God?”,  “who made God?”  And, one day following the loss of our dear dog, Brody, I was saying to Emma in the car, “Remember when Brody would ride in our laps when we were driving in the car?”  and she responded gently (at 4 years old…)  “Mommy, don’t worry, he’s in God’s lap now.”

If we could all  hold onto the joy, clarity, innocence and spirituality we had as a young child.

 These watercolors are two of Emma’s latest creations and I thought they’d be a nice visual for this entry.