I must begin by telling you that Jayce is a HUGE fan of the show "My Friends Tigger and Pooh". This is an old show that used to be on Disney Jr. back when it was Playhouse Disney! We started getting the movies from the library and he has fallen in love with these Super Sleuths. So, for his birthday, Grammie and PopPop gifted Jayce with Tigger, Roo, Eeyore, Piglet, and Pooh. This was indeed one of his favorite gifts and they all get hugged and played with many times throughout the day, everyday since his birthday.
Tonight while shopping for furniture for our front room at local thrift stores, we found a rare treasure for our son Jayce, a little stuffed "Buster" from "My Friends Tigger and Pooh". His eyes lit up and he hugged him, running immediately to his daddy, "I can take him home?" $1.54 was a small price to pay so that Jayce could have all of his "friends" together at home.
Now, for those of you who do not know my son, he LOVES for everyone to be together. If we're going to see PawPaw, he wants to make sure MawMaw will be there. Going to see Aunt Susan? What about Uncle Kris, and Kristian? He always asks about the whole family and wants to make sure they're all together. He is the same way with his toys. He must have 100 dinosaurs, we could dump out 99 of them, he'd look at all of them, and say "Where's the trex?" (Or whatever one was missing.) His memory is amazing and his desire for everyone to be together is touching.
So, after getting into the car Jayce starts to ask for Darby and Lumpy (the other two characters that he does not have yet from the show). Knowing how rare it was to find Buster, seeing as the show has been canceled for some time, I just casually said "We'll see." Well, it's not that easy with Jayce, once he gets something in his head, he will CONTINUALLY talk about it until the answer is clear. So, again, "I need to get Darby and Lumpy." So, I told Jayce "I think that's something you need to pray about Jayce because it's not going to be easy to find those toys." Well, Jayce closed his little eyes and said his first prayer (this is how it sounded) "Dear Jesus, fank you for bwinging Darby home and fank you for bwinging Flumpy home. Jesus Name Amen." It was THE sweetest little prayer. I mean, he's prayed before, but mostly just by repeating whatever Mommy and Daddy said, this was all on his own. What I loved most about it is that he didn't ASK for them, he THANKED God for them. Almost as if he was claiming that God was definitely going to give him a Darby and Lumpy. He repeated this prayer three or four more times on the way home.
When our car pulled into the drive, Jayce started falling apart, crying and crying for Darby and Lumpy. Adam and I tried repeatedly to explain to him that it takes time for God to answer prayers. And I have never seen my son so heart broken. He cried, desperately, for quite a while and it was so hard to know that he just didn't understand. We were finally able to calm him down after a bath and a "What's in the Bible" video, but my mind kept going through the whole scene.
For I am so often like that with God myself. First and foremost, not grateful for the rare treasures He has blessed me with already and focusing only on what I do not have. Then, after I pray for them, I wait SO impatiently wondering why God hasn't fulfilled my request yet. So, this little adventure has been a great lesson for all of us. I'm excited that Jayce has stepped out in faith and prayed to our Lord, the Giver of all good things, for his precious Darby and Lumpy, and I am also excited that Jayce must wait to see what God will do. God has spoken to me through this to show me how to pray with more faith and to wait patiently and enjoy the many treasures He has already given to me. Also, I think I might just burst out in tears if we EVER do find a Lumpy or a Darby because I'm not sure even if we went to every store in Hampton Roads if we would ever find one!!! So, it would truly be a miracle gift from God!!
Thank you Lord for my children. Thank you for teaching me more about You, and me, through them. You are good!!
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