"The squirrel went in the road...then he got dead."
These were the words that made me chuckle yesterday. After a nice afternoon of sitting outside watching my boys play together and holding little Elle on my lap, I was truly counting my blessings. The weather was incredible...the kids were laughing...Elle was smiling. Life was happy and good.
And then I heard the gasps from my boys as they began screaming... "That truck hit him! It hit the squirrel!"
As fast as their little legs could take them, the boys bolted to the side of the road.
There the squirrel lay...blood coming from his head...twitching slowly...then gone.
As Brekyn recapped the situation and spoke the words above to me, I couldn't help but chuckle...
But then I looked at Ayden...
My sweet little Ayden, who has a heart bigger than anyone I have ever known. My sweet little 7 year old who loves geckos and all things creepy.
He looked at me as his eyes filled with tears and his words broke up and he said;
"Mommy....I lo-ve an...i..mals..."
He then burst into tears as I reached out and held him and realized that something which was so commonplace to me, was actually a life lesson for my precious son.
After calming down a bit, Ayden asked if we could push the squirrel to the side of the road so that he didn't get hit by another car. I then stood beside Ayden as he used a long stick and rolled the squirrel to the side of the street.
When we came inside, Ayden asked if he could pray. We held hands as he thanked God for the life that the squirrel lived and then prayed that God would keep other animals from eating the squirrel.
I truly held back tears of my own as I realized what an amazing son I have.
God used something as simple as a dead squirrel to remind me of the heart that God has for all of us. My son was devestated to see this little squirrel killed...how much more is God devestated to see his children hurting?
In these days when life is trying, finances are bleak and families are stressed, I needed the reminder. The reminder that God sees our pain. He sees our hurts and our fears and He is willing to hold us tight in his arms if we will only let Him.
Thank you Lord for a precious son who loves your creation so deeply. Thank you for the reminder of how much You love your creation also.
2 comments:
Cyndie,
Aside from pushing a tear from my eye as I read Ayden's reaction, it did remind me of his dad and uncle. We lived across from a very active dairy form when they were little guys, so there often would be something that didn't make it to the other side of the road, in the road. We used it as a lesson of why not to go into the street. Donn said, "If I go into the street, I be squished!!" Lesson learned, he's gotten to age 34!!
Love, Mom
Your sweet Ayden has a heart like my Christopher. Big, tender, and full of compassion. If you look closly at our summer family photo you will see that Christopher has his blanket and has been crying. Just before we took the photo our cat came into our yard with a chipmunk in her mouth. Christopher too loves all God's little critters and has a hard time when seeing suffering. I am excited to see what the father is going to use that precious heart for as he grows into adulthood. I just love tender hearted boys....
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