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Recently, I replicated a
pilgrimage which my wife and I make to West Virginia and Kentucky on a
bi-annual basis, as two of my daughters live in this region. However, since it
had been quite some time since my son, Steve, had seen his sisters, and with
Jean's concurrence, I invited him to accompany me.
While in West Virginia,
I always stay in one of the only two hotels in Oak Hill, the Comfort Inn.
Though the price definitely isn't right, (and I understand it is about to
double) it is nice enough, and they provide a courtesy breakfast, thus I have
found little or no reason to pursue another venue.
Speaking of breakfast,
one morning while we were at the Comfort Inn, and enjoying our meal, a young
family walked in. Father and mother looked to be about 35 years of age, and
they were accompanied by a little boy. Having served themselves from the
buffet, they sat down at the next table , and began to eat. However, their
son seemed more interested in socializing with yours truly.
Stepping up to me, he
smiled, lifted his right hand and presented three fingers, while verbalizing
the same.
"I'm three!"
Returning
"Billy's" smile I responded with,
"I'm
sixty-eight!"
And then, so reminiscent
of a passage from Luke Chapter Two, in which Simeon encounters Joseph and Mary
and the child, Jesus in the Temple, (and for no apparent reason, except
Providence), I said,
"You will live a
very long life."
(and)
"You will do
wonderful things!"
I cannot tell you where
my words came from. I can only wonder what
the toddler's parents may have thought about my prophetic utterance.
Of this, however, I am
sure. Before God breathed the worlds into place, or ever the sun and moon were
flung into space, our Lord knew each of us by name, and dreamed some pretty
magnificent dreams for each and every one of us.
Yes, I am sure of it.
I don't expect to ever
see that precious little tot again, and he will almost assuredly live into the
next century, (while I will not). Nonetheless, I think God has some
pretty marvelous plans for him, and somehow I'm convinced he
will accomplish some pretty wonderful things.
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