ocean wonders

We took a little trip to the beach in NJ, not 15 minutes from where we were staying. All of the times we have been to the beach in nice warm weather, Caleb has been afraid to go near the water. This time it was freezing out, and he had the time of his life! Soaked from head to toe. I thought for sure he would get a fever, but not a sniffle!

Here he was running to tell me, "Germany is right over there across the ocean!" We've shown him maps and globes, and he's starting to get a small grasp on world geography, at least where Germany and the US are. I guess it all clicked for him right then, because it was one of the those high-energy, high-emotion lightbulb moments for a child. The kind of moments that usually make up our earliest memories.

What faith children have. He looked out and saw not a sand bar or a tree, but he remembered me telling him that Germany is out across the ocean, and that was all he needed to feel exuberant confidence that yes, Germany is indeed out there somewhere. I don't have to see it. I know it's there because someone I trust told me. Why can't we just that simply believe what our infinitely trustworthy God tells us?

"for we walk by faith, not by sight."

2 Cor 5:7