Sunday, August 5, 2007

crazy?

A while back i was hanging out at Mindy's house. Mindy and i were talking and we didn't realize that Ashton had managed to open the front door and make his way down the drive way. As an obedient little brother, Noah had followed Ashton and they were both playing around the car by the time a panicked Mindy found them in the front yard. She grabbed Aston's hand an immediately took him in the house and put him in "time out". When time out was over, Mindy (being the freakin awesome mom that she is) tried to talk to Ashton.. the conversation played out something like this...

Mindy- "Ashton, i want you to understand that i don't want you to go outside with out me or daddy there with you because it's dangerous"

Ashton- "why?"

Mindy- "Because outside there are cars and they drive fast and maybe they wont see you and they will hurt you."

Ashton- "why?"

Mindy- "When you go outside without us, Noah follows you and he could also get hurt. i love you and i don't want you to get hurt so absolutely no going outside with out me or daddy, okay?

Ashton: "why?"

Mindy- (getting slightly exasperated..) "Because if you go outside with out us, you will go in time out.."

Ashton- (let's it go for a minute and walks a little ways away and says quietly) "why?.."

The conversation is closed..

i think that at times there are a lot of things that may not make perfect sense in my brain, i like to ask 'why' a lot. i don't think that's bad, but i don't think that my personal knowledge and understanding is the end all be all either. i believe in God, maybe there are times that i have asked why and He has tried to explain, but i have missed it.. i am, thus, willing to have faith on some things...

This is how i understand the context of what King Benjamen said, "Believe in God, believe that he is...believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend."

i know enough to know that i can trust.. ashton should just trust Mindy. going outside by himself is a bad idea.. he will understand eventually...

i don't know if this makes any sense to anyone but me... i think it might sound like i am crazy...

1 comment:

heathen said...

No, this makes complete sense. Thank you!