There are times when the fondest things people want to make them happy is already right before them, staring them in the face, and they still do not recognize it.
A young man, full of hopes and dreams, is very disappointed to find out he will soon be a father. He thinks that puts a damper to what he still wanted to accomplish for himself. There were things he still wanted to enjoy without having to take care of a baby. There were projects he still wanted to accomplish that will bring him acclaim and recognition. But with a baby on the way, he sees many of his dreams and plans dashed to pieces.
The baby comes and he grows up to be a sweet adorable son. He grows up adoring his father. For him, there is nothing that Daddy cannot do. There is nothing that Daddy does not know, no question that Daddy cannot answer. He thinks the world of Daddy and Daddy cannot do wrong. But the boy is not perfect. He is given to terrible tantrums and gets impatient very often when he does not get what he wants.
The son brought everything the young man ever dreamed of into his life. The adulation and affirmation the son gave his Daddy was more than all the accolades he could get elsewhere, specially from the workplace. With the son, the young man enjoyed the things he loved to do even more. The things that brought him joy and his happiness were echoed and multiplied when done for and with his son. Even the tantrums of the son were a mirror of what the young man wanted to make better in his life: more control of his emotions, patience when things do not work out his way, gratitude for the blessings that come to him everyday through his son.
I have everything and more than I have ever dreamed or planned for. I only need to open my eyes to see them staring at me in the face.
The Lord is gracious and merciful.
When Jesus arrived at the official’s house
and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion,
he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.”
And they ridiculed him.
When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by the hand,
and the little girl arose.
And news of this spread throughout all that land.
Matthew 9:23–26