Last summer Josiah pushed around an old, broken lawn mower. he loved getting out there every afternoon or evening and pushing it around. and he was disappointed on the days when he couldn't do his lawnmowing.
this year, when we found out the family that has mowed our lawn had a conflict in their schedules and wouldn't be able to do the mowing, we decided that Josiah was ready to be promoted to head lawnmower man. we went to the local big box store and looked at the different options. a power mower was a scary thought. but then we spied an old-fashioned push mower. and the price was right--sweet!
we brought it home and Josiah was in heaven! he pushed, and pushed! he loved being out there cutting the grass and doing his job. every evening after dinner he begged to go out and mow. what a joy to watch!
seeing Josiah's diligence with this small task made me think of Jesus' admonition to be faithful in the small things. as we watched all last summer, Josiah's diligence in his pretend job of mowing, we knew that he was showing us that soon he would be capable of doing more. i wonder if the Lord also watches us, watching to see how we're doing with the job, pretend or otherwise, that he's given us to do. watching to see if we are ready for the next step, a promotion to another bigger job.
michael is already dreaming of launching joe's lawnmowing service when he is older, but for that we will have to see if he will continue to be faithful with this. maybe someday you'll see a smiling, happy Angelman boy being faithful in his lawnmowing duties, mowing the lawns for others unto the Lord.
Monday, June 04, 2007
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