A Sweet Image

We recently attended a relative's birthday party. At the end of the party, the kids all took the balloons and released them outside. Todd, my son, loved this. He was really excited about this idea.

We went to the dollar store a week or so after he had released the balloons. He asked to buy a blue, star-shaped balloon. I agreed. As soon as we stepped outside, he asked to let it go. I asked him to wait until we got home. He fell asleep on the way home, and I forgot about it. The next day he saw it and wanted to let it go. We stood by the car and watched it fly up. He, again, was very excited. We got into the car and he described to me the following....

"Mommy, God just reached down and got His balloon." I asked him what did God do with the balloons. He said, "Oh, He holds them". I asked him did God hold them just for a minute or a long time. He said, "Forever and He knows that balloon was from me".

It hit me. What a touching and sweet image of God. Can you picture God holding every balloon that has ever been released. Todd went on to say that balloons made God happy. I am so glad that Todd, who is only 3, has such a warm impression of Christ. I have not been able to get that picture of God holding balloons out of my mind. Perhaps that is what is meant when we hear that heaven is going to be a happy place. Maybe that is why the Bible says to be like a child. Just maybe we will receive balloons upon our return. An amazing thought from a child's mind!