"Out of the Mouth of Babes..."

A Memory Post for Our Family

(Images from NASA's website)

Tonight, as I was pulling Aylin Jewel out of her carseat, she looked up and REALLY noticed the stars.  We have pointed them out to her before, but tonight was just different.  I was in a hurry and my mind was racing about getting everything inside, taking care of the girls (dogs), getting the trash to the street, and getting AJ to bed because we have a long day tomorrow.  I was privately praying that she wouldn't give me too much trouble tonight because I was tired and just didn't want to fight with her (she's been fighting sleep for the last couple of weeks).  That is when I heard it...an awe-inspiring, "WOW!"  I stopped and watched a little sparkle in Aylin's eyes as she scanned the sky.  Finally, she looked down into my eyes and said, "Momma, whasat?" (What's that? for those of you who don't speak baby)  Her look of amazement just brought a smile to my face, and I forgot about everything else including the rush to get inside.

I replied, "Those are stars, aren't they beautiful?"  To which I got a "yes...bootiful stars," all the while gazing upward.  I then asked her if she wanted to watch the stars for a while, which gave me a very excited YES!  So we took our stuff inside, let the dogs out, gathered up the trash and took it to the street, and then sat down in the grass and looked up at the stars.

We talked about How God made the stars on day 4 and sang the creation song.  We talked about how the stars form shapes and some people use them to find their way home.  Then she wanted to sing the creation song again and we talked about the other things God made, each time coming back to the "bootiful stars." 

My Jewel Bug then said "pay" (pray) and folded her little hands together. Which at the time made me tear up and as I am writing this is making me full-out cry.  So we said a little prayer outside on our front lawn at 9:20 PM, and we thanked God for his creation and specifically for his beautiful stars.  And we asked that Mommy not be in such a rush, that I would take the time to look around (up in this case) and enjoy God's creation more often.  That I might SEE as my 2 year old SEES.

When we finished praying, I promised her that when she was older we would learn about the different constellations God put in the sky and how to find them.  She hugged my neck and said, "okay mommy."

I told her we needed to go inside and call her daddy (he is on a youth trip) before going night, night.  As we walked into the garage, she waved at the stars and said, "Bye, God stars!"

The first thing she said when her daddy said hello was "STARS!"  She then tried to tell him all about them in an excited blur of words I couldn't even understand. :)

I leave you with a couple of Bible verses that seem extra relevant tonight:

Matthew 21:16 "...Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise." 

(This is where I got the title from)

Also read Deuteronomy 6:5-7, Matthew 18:1-10, and Mark 10:14-16