Ministry is composed of “Minis Try”

     A daddy once took his child by the hand and said, “Let me show you how to journey to a destination I hope you will know how to find, all by yourself, when you are big and tall.”   

     “Should we pack a suitcase?” asked the little one.

     “Not needed”, said the daddy, “for it’s not what you carry in your hands, but in your heart, that dresses you for the special place we’ll visit.”

     “But Daddy,” questioned the little one, “is there time for us to travel anywhere before your smart phone makes us stop?”

     “No problem, my child,” replied the daddy, “where I’m taking you, time is not subject to outside interruptions.”

     “Where are we headed, Daddy, huh!!!”  quizzed the child, “North, South, East or West???”

     “None of the mentioned,” stated the wise parent.

     “Come on, Daddy; if we don’t go in any direction, we don’t go anywhere at all,” retorted the child.

     “On the contrary,” interjected the daddy, “we are going to travel the most important direction of all – the direction ‘within’ that enables us to ‘reach out’.  You see, my child, our destination is the journey of learning to help others.   As a child you must learn the way to travel ‘within’ your heart and soul so that when you are grown, you will know the way to ‘reach out’ and share your time, talent and treasure.”

     Strange isn’t it?   We take such great care to teach our children the way to school, home, a friend’s house, the basketball court, or swimming pool; but we often are too busy to teach our children the way to giving of themselves to help another’s need.   How easy we overlook that charity begins at home, and the way to share the lessons born at home should begin as a child.  

     Is the fraction of a small allowance a child learns to share, a tiny portion of an hour a child extends his helping hand, or a little one’s own conceived expression of caring and sharing, insignificant or magnificent???

   Exploring the way to the stars can wait till children turn adults; but navigating the way to bring the heavens down to earth can’t.   The journey of learning to help others is best begun in childhood. 

Thank you daddies, everywhere, whose love and wisdom cares enough to share.