Great Imaginings

Now that my granddaughter is old enough to use her imagination, we will have many tea parties together.  She possesses great dexterity for her young age, picking up her tea cup with a tiny thumb and index finger and little pinkie extended.  The joy of watching her pretend is a blessing in itself.

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When I was a girl, I enjoyed real tea parties after school with my grandmother.  It was a special treat for me to select one of the English tea cups in her collection to suit my fancy on that particular day. When we reached the bottom of the tea cup, my grandmother would pretend to read the tea leaves.  It was always a surprise to hear what mysteries she saw amid those few bits of tea.  Of course, my grandmother always created a positive vision that would spark my imagination.


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In comparison, it is interesting how someone my granddaughter's age can pretend to have tea and how my grandmother in her old age pretended to know the future. The truth is, only God knows the future.  If we humans could read the future, we would be fearful of what was to come.  God gives us the gift of imagination to live on the edge of wonder. 

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Sometimes it takes a child to lead us to the wonder.  And, other times, as grown ups, we will be blessed for helping a child  to believe without seeing. 

1 Corinthians 2:9  However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." Enjoy the wonder, but remember, only God knows the future.