VIEW FROM A BURGER BENCH

Sittin' in a burger franchise, takin' the bread off a slice of chicken that may have never walked on this planet, adding jalapeno slices to get some flavor out of this critter... and I see this young blond across from my booth.

Young, perhaps not old enough to be baby sitting the child in the high chair beside her. "Too young to have a baby, surely", I think to myself. Pony tail, a few pubescent blemishes, T-shirt with some school slogan, eating chicken planks, french fries and drinking a soda through a straw.

Again I think, "Too young to be the Mother!" Then I see it. I see that thing in her eyes as she leans over and blows kisses to her son. " Yea, this is no baby sitter", I say to myself, "This is Mom!" Young enough for this baby to really have a friend when he grows - if he takes time to see this girl that has given him life.

If she's not mom, she has that magic only women possess. That power to melt a baby face into bright smiles and hold me hugs. God is amazing and this young lady reminds me how sweet it was for Him to put Adam asleep while He excavated His wonder from us, and FOR us.

It is a good thing to celebrate Mother's Day. Here's another celebration of life happening in a burger joint. I hope she's not a single mom, but sense that if she is - she'll make it. God bless her! God bless this baby. Thank You, Father for granting me this moment in the midst of Your wonder.

"Ohhh yea... he's got his mother's eyes."

STREAMS in the RIVER

Walked the quads during lunch break today. Stopped and sat at a bench along the Trinity River and let them snag some shade. (what are they gonna do when it gets hot?) As I looked at the river I noted that current and perhaps the wind made the surface appear to have many streams within the whole of the river. I tried to count the different faces on the surface, but to no avail. I'll suffice it to say that there were more than 10.

It made me think about the River of God. His River makes glad the City of God. I'm glad that I no longer have to sit and look at His river. I drowned in it long ago and have been soaring with the current ever since. It was a good lunch break.