Faithfulness

I have to tell you how God has been proving Himself faithful to my sweet little two-year-old son. I love this story so much! A few weeks ago, as Drew and I were driving home from my parents house in Gobles, Drew tells me that he wants to see a police car. I respond that I can't make a police car appear, but that he could pray and ask God to show him a police car. He responded, "No, not God, Jesus" (a concept that is easier to explain than it is to understand) so I said, "Okay, Jesus." So we prayed. A simple prayer that went something along the lines of:

Dear Jesus, please show Drew a police car. And not one that is pulling Momma over. Amen.

Drew uttered this prayer as we were turning onto a back, country road on our way home and I started praying that God would show Himself to Drew, that He would reveal His faithfulness to Drew ... I must confess that I was worried that Drew would be disappointed because it is not often that I see police cars while traveling to and from my parents house. As we are driving down the road, the miles and my silent prayers passing by, I start to slow down because there is something in the road ahead of me. I can't quite make out what it is ... as I draw nearer, I see that it is a downed tree -- and it is completely blocking the road. I pull up closer to it to turn around, and start to get excited. "Drew, look!" I say, "Look there, through the tree ... do you see what that is? Drew, it is a police car!" And sure enough, our faithful God, had timed our trip just right to see the police car through the tree. It was so exciting and amazing! I just kept thanking God for revealing Himself. Since then, Drew has gotten into a habit of just praying to see something ...

Dear Jesus, please show Drew-bug a police car ... Dear Jesus, please show me a ambulance ... a fire truck ... a hummer ... Amen.

Whatever it is, ole' eagle-eye Liby (that is my nickname for Drew these days) is on the lookout and is going to spot it soon. Sometimes, I forget we are looking for something, and then Drew will spot it and yell, "There's a hummer!" or "There's a fire truck!!" followed by, "Thanks God. Thanks Jesus." I am not exaggerating when I say that I can think of only two times in which Drew hasn't seen what he prayed for -- and he has prayed to see something no less than 20 times. It is amazing. God is already showing His faithfulness to Drew ... and to me.