Big, Bigger, Biggest

Most of my workday is spent on the floor.  Of course, I have tiny chairs and tiny tables.  The tables and chairs are necessary, and I do utilize them.  But there is something about getting on a kid’s level that I love.  Every now and then I come across a two or three-year-old that prefers the table, but that is more of the exception. 

Today, I sat on the floor with my little friend playing with trucks.  We started out with a Matchbox truck.  The truck was bigger than the doll that my friend was rolling the truck over.  I made a comment about how big the truck was.  Then I pulled out a truck that was bigger than the Matchbox truck.  I ran over his truck with the bigger truck.

Before you clutch your pearls at my play skills, relax people.  He thought it was hilarious.  I let him know that my truck was bigger than his.  We drove around the floor for a while, and then I did it.  I pulled out my big blue tow truck.  The tow truck is the monster of all the vehicles that I have in my vehicle arsenal.  It is a big boy.  Not only is the size impressive but it also makes sounds when you press the buttons.  So, kids still get to use their imagination but there is a little razzle dazzle that pulls them in.

My friend was elated.  He wanted to push that truck around and run over every other truck that was on the floor.  I let him have his way, and we talked about the fact that this truck was the biggest.  This truck was louder and took over all the other trucks.  They never stood a chance.  He started out with a truck that was so big in his mind, and the whole time, I was saving the biggest truck for last.

As I sat on that floor, I had an epiphany about my life and the current state that I am in.  Child, I have been agitated and aggravated.  I have wasted so much time looking at my problems.  Literally trying to figure things out from every angle.  And it took time playing on the floor to see the bigger picture.

The truth of the matter is that the situations that I fret about are out of my control.  But I have allowed them to become the big thing.  I have spent so much time dwelling on my issues that my focus has been fixed on the wrong point.  While my problems are big, my God is bigger.  Not only is He bigger, but He is actually the biggest.  And He has been here all along.

Thank God for little boys that like to run over things with trucks.  It gave me peace of mind.  #wepreach