As many of you know, our Caleb is now 13 months old and had not yet decided to crawl. Tonight though, he took a couple of tentative moves in crawling position. He moved forward only a few inches but it was a crawl motion! Nothing delights my heart more than to see him make new milestones.  My heart got so excited tonight and I am anxiously awaiting the first full crawl. As a daddy, seeing Caleb advance and grow and learn is such pure joy. No matter how many times he falls or fails he keeps learning and getting further and closer to his next milestone. It’s inevitable that he will learn and grow. Sometimes I have to be the teacher, other times the cheerleader, and sometimes the enforcer and I delight in all those roles.

As I am sitting here writing this, Caleb just crawled a couple of feet towards a toy – he wasn’t up on all fours exactly, more of on his elbows and pushing with his knees – but it’s the closest he’s come to it yet!  How exciting! My camera was nowhere nearby and by the time I got my phone camera on he had stopped but oh my goodness how exciting!  He’s SO close!

Have you ever stopped to think about how our Heavenly Father sees us? We are his beloved children and just as I love to see Caleb and get so thrilled about his achievements, how much more must God be thrilled by us! We sometimes fail – I fail so often I lose count – but in his infinite love and patience he will always wait and always be there for us. And just as I was delighted to see Caleb try to crawl tonight, how much more is God thrilled when we take one more step closer to his heart.

Anyway, I can never resist a good parallel! Love you all!