Like many new parents, getting your child to fall asleep
is especially challenging. Also, like many new parents,
my wife and I had a “eureka” moment when we made the connection
between going on long drives and our son napping.
We thought, if we want him to fall asleep (and we very much did)
why not put him in the car and just drive?
It worked.
One time, while checking if he was asleep,
(he wasn’t, his eyes were still wide open)
it occurred to me …
He thinks I’m actually going somewhere, and that he’s just along for the ride.
My son had no concept that the entirety of this enterprise was just for him.
And then I realized …
The same is true between us and God.
We think that we’re just along for the ride.
That like water and mountains and hot dogs we got lumped into creation — and that’s that.
But we’re not just along for the ride.
God is driving us, and all of creation
In a massive display of love
Just so that we can be in a relationship with each other.
We are going someplace.
We’re traveling toward the perfection of the world.
But in a deeper sense, we’re also already there.
Because the more profound journey is all about our understanding
That wherever we go, He’s right there with us.
David Sacks is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer.
