cake

I put my son to bed almost every night. We read a story, we pray, we turn out the lights (he has to turn the switch off with his foot) and then I lay down with him for a few minutes until he settles down and then it's a hug and a kiss and I'm out the door. Tonight as I left he said "I'll see you in the morning and we'll make cake."

He said it with such confidence and yet I don't know where it came from. We haven't had cake at our house in quite a while and I don't think we've ever made cake in the morning. Why would we? Why would he come up with that. It doesn't seem to have any purpose in the whole scheme of what we would do on a normal Thursday and yet he said it with such confidence. Maybe we'll even make cake tomorrow because he wants to, but at this point I don't think the day is heading in that direction.

I was laughing on the way down the stairs when it kind of hit me that I make plans all of the time without considering what they would look like in the larger scheme of the life that God has planned for me and his world. I'll pray that God would give safety or a protective hand as we do whatever it is we're going to do. I wonder if God sometimes is like "I guess I'll give you safety while you do that, but why are we doing that today. It doesn't make sense in the whole scheme of what I have for you, but ok...safety granted." I realize that God knows everything that I am going to do from now until eternity and works all thing together for good for His glory, but I think that I often "make cake" when I could be doing something right in the middle of God's plan for the world.

I do like cake, though...maybe there'll be some in the house tomorrow night.