WE LIVE BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7
How often do we place our trust in God? Do we know, even though we cannot see God, we see Him working in our lives and the lives of those around us? I was reminded of a story by Casandra Lindell called Tommy’s Daddies. She writes, “ It had been a hot, tiring day at the outdoor music festival. Four-year-old Tommy sat in my lap with his head resting against my chest. His mother had taken his brother to find a drink of water. His father was packing up the display booth. Tommy and I went to find a quiet place on the stairs behind a building. He was sleepy and cuddly, and his droopy eyes looked at the stars.
“How did the stars get up there?” he asked.
“God put them there.”
“My dad told me that. But God died.” Tommy sounded very sad but I had to smile.
“Yes, he did. And the he came back to life again.”
“Oh, yeah. I always forget that part.” He was very serious as he studied the night sky.
Then he asked where his dad was. I said he was putting things in boxes to take to the car.
“I miss him,” he told me. Tommy was not speaking as a child whose father was never around. I knew these friends well, and his dad spent lots of time with his boys—laughing, loving, and teaching. His influence was easy to see. Little Tommy missed his dad because he was so used to being with him.
So Tommy and I sat, looking at the stars. We talked about being lonely. “But you know,” I said, “even when your daddy and mommy are not here, God is always here.”
Tommy was quiet. I thought for just a moment that he may have fallen asleep. Then, very softly and still looking at the sky, he said, “If God was my daddy, I would have the best daddy in the whole world.”
Again, I smiled. “He is your father, Tommy. He is the Father in heaven who loves you very much—even more than your daddy does, and he promises he will never leave you.”
“Oh yeah,” Tommy said. “I forgot that part too.”
As he finally drifted off to sleep, I sat looking at the stars alone. I thought about two fathers—both of them the best daddies a boy could have—laughing, loving, and teaching. Their influence was indeed easy to see.