I brought tired Sissy home while the boys went out for a post-game meal following Big Bro’s team’s exciting win tonight. It was an epic baseball match-up. Last game of the regular season. The two undefeated teams facing off. A real nail-biter.

But it was getting late, so when I heard the garage door open an hour later, I already had the bathtub hot & ready for the boys.

But Li’l didn’t walk in.

Details unraveled. Back at the ball fields, I thought he’d gone with Dad. Dad thought he’d gone with me. And now–an hour later, almost completely dark out–our beautiful, trusting, rambunctious, precious four-year-old was unaccounted for…

…Or that’s how the story could have gone.

Thankfully another parent from Big’s team saw Li’l wandering and took him to Bill. I shudder to play out the alternative.

And as the boys hopped into the tub, Big asked, “what would you & Daddy do if [Li’l] really were missing?”

So I turned the question around to him, “Do you want to know the FIRST thing I would do? See if you can guess.”

“Go look for him?” Big asked.

“No.”

“Call the police?”

“Honey, I’m going straight to the top, more powerful than the police.”

“Ooooh: God!”

“Exactly. Why on Earth would I turn first to my feeble abilities or people’s limited power? No way, I’m going straight to the One who is ALL-powerful, the One who knows exactly where [Li’l] is every moment of every hour of every day. I’m going straight to Him and praying, ‘Lord, please help us find [Li’l].'”

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in Him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
{Jeremiah 17:7-8}

I guess it’s easy to say that, with my precious ones safe in our home, that I’d go straight to God with my greatest need. But it’s a reminder to my boys that He can be trusted, and that Daddy & I trust Him. It’s a reminder to me to remember all His benefits. Remember them and take hold of them.