Lesson From My 16 Month Old

Noah is the coolest most handsome little boy on the planet! He is a fully engaged, fully charged BOY! He definitely keeps my wife and I going. At this phase in his development he has quite an "explorative" spirit, which I hope he maintains throughout his life. Along with his "explorative" spirit comes a lot of risks. The problem with these risks are that at his stage of development they are completely "uncalculated". Basically what I'm learning is that his unquenchable desires to explore often out weigh his capacity to achieve. For example, the other day he had the desire to run down a fairly steep hill to chase down the ball he rolled down the hill. What he could not calculate in his mind is that his little legs would not be able to sustain the weight of his body at the speeds he would achieve running down the hill. The results of his exploration would only be realized at the point that his little body would tumble the majority of the way down the hill. Fortunately for him his father was there to guide him to prevent the inevitable.

What's the lesson? Well, as a church planter I will have to take risks that will often out weigh my capacity to achieve. The magnificent thing about this is that in these risks I will see my Father demonstrate His capacity, which is incalculable. When I'm NOT stretched beyond my capacity I am limited to only experiencing MY capacity. When I AM stretched beyond MY capacity I place myself in position to only be limited by HIS capacity. Which is where I would rather me!