Little Helpers
Several of our grandchildren came for a visit Monday night. Our three-year-old grandson can go potty by himself, but when he is here, he wants me to come along. He likes to ask me questions about what he sees in the bathroom. I know it’s weird but I have 11 x 14 pictures of nine of our grandchildren (I’m a little behind but I do have a frame for our newest granddaughter — I’m getting there). This little guy loves to name his brothers and sisters, cousins, and himself and get my assurance that he has got them all correct.
On one previous occasion, we talked about the mirrors. There are five in this bathroom, which sounds ridiculous, but every bathroom needs a mirror over the sink and I found the cutest full-length mirror in a wicker frame when shopping with friends one time and I need the magnifying mirror attached to the wall when I put on my makeup and I like having Daddy’s shaving mirror hanging on a hook and the cabinet I ordered to use for storage came with a mirror. You know how it goes!
On Monday, our grandson wanted to know the purpose of each item in the cabinet under the sink. When I put on the bright yellow crocheted headband to show him how I use it to hold my hair back when I wash my face, he exclaimed, “I like it!” Naturally I wore it for the rest of the evening until I was holding his six-month-old sister and was afraid she wouldn’t know I was her Little if I was wearing the headband.
He also wanted to know why the toilet paper stand that holds extra TP was empty. When I asked if he would like to refill it, he was thrilled. We went to the cabinet in the half bath. He wanted to carry as many rolls as he could by himself. He got three and gave me one. On the way, he decided he could take the one I was carrying, too. He loved dropping the rolls onto the pole and watching them go down.
Noticing that there was space for one more on top, he walked back to the cabinet for one more. When he finished, he was proud and satisfied with a job well done.
Aren’t we all? It feels so good to finish a task and especially good to do a good job when helping someone else. One of the best ways to honor a little guy, a grandmother, a person with limited means, and anyone else is to ask for help, to be very grateful for it, and to express that gratitude—even when we could have done it faster, or even better, ourselves.
Our loving Father is patient with His children when we try, when we fail, and when we succeed.
Jesus could have taken the gospel to the world Himself, but instead He entrusted that crucial task to His disciples.
So Jesus said to them again,
“Peace be with you;
as the Father has sent Me,
I also send you.”
John 20:21