I just returned from a whirlwind trip to NC to bring our daughter-in-law and two grandsons home to St. Louis for the month while our son is in LA for training. I flew out late Monday night and Leah, the boys, a Pomeranian named Nova and I drove back over the past two days.
Pam and I are blessed with a great daughter-in-law and two really cool grandsons. The youngest, Erik, sat quietly in his car seat, slept, ate, pooped and repeated the process over the two day trip with little complaint over the 900 plus miles.
Our two year old grandson David was a different story. When he was asleep he was a perfect angel. When he was awake, well at the very least he was energetic. Imagine being strapped in a chair for two straight days in a car when the world is happening all around you. Maybe you can understand him a bit better when you see things from his perspective.
The thing I learned from David was how frustrating it must be to almost able to communicate your thoughts but yet don't know what to call all the stuff you want to see, touch, taste, and know about. He is very communicative but is still learning what things are and how to form the words correctly. Thus, he goes through this kind of process: he calls his mom, points at something shaking his head full of blond hair wildly and then looks at Leah like she is the most uniformed person he has ever known when she doesn't understand his request.
How frustrating it must be to know what you want and not be able to get the 'big' people around you to get it! Ever feel like that? Ever feel like that in relationship to God. Ever been in a situation so overwhelming that even prayer became paralyzing? Your heart knows what you need and longs to ask it, share it experience it, but your mind simply doesn't know how to communicate in words what is in your heart.
It is in those moments that God has enables to communicate with him through the 'indwelling' nature of the Holy Spirit. Since the Holy Spirit lives in us as God's presence in our lives while we are here on earth, the Holy Spirit communicates to God those things we can't find words to describe. So, in those moments when you feel like stomping your foot, pointing wildly and screaming like a, well a two year old, just stop a moment and reflect on the fact that the Holy Spirit knows what you're trying to say and he is communicating on your behalf.
Ahh, how deep the Father's love for us!
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