Follow the arrow

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A few years ago, we were visiting with our grand daughter G, who was about three years old then. I was playing "School" with her in her back yard. She chose to be the teacher, so I had little choice but to be the student.

My teacher instructed me to gather some rocks from the yard so that we could study them. So, together we collected a variety of specimens and brought them back to the porch for discussion.

As I presented each rock, she would examine it closely and describe it to me by size, shape, texture, and color. And then, she would tell a story about how the rock came to be.

While her attention was elsewhere, I drew a simple arrow using a piece of yellow chalk, on one of the rocks I found. That rock was a gray one, about the size of your palm, flat, and smooth.

When she picked it up and examined it for the discussion she said, "Grandpa-D. Look at this beautiful rock. It has an arrow on it!" So, I replied that the rock was in fact a beauty and casually asked about the significance of the arrow.

She held the rock with both hands and turned it every which way that you can imagine while staring at the arrow. Up, down. left, right, and all around the arrow would face as she carefully thought about it. Then she said, "Well, if you ever get lost and become scared because you don't know which way to go, just follow the arrow. It will always lead you to God and He is in a safe place and He will protect you."

Wow!! That really blew my wife and I away. What a testimony of Faith. And, that was the beginning of our efforts to adjust the priorities in our Faith and get back into the grove. And, so tomorrow, my wife will publicly declare her Faith during a Baptism, which was motivated in part by the Faith of a that three year old grand daughter.
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