Blowing Through Red Lights!!

My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge…Colossians 2:2-3

A few weekends ago, I had the pleasure of keeping all three of my daughter’s sons!

My husband and I have been blessed to have the two older boys sleepover…and their youngest son sleepover, but this was the first time that we had all three children sleepover at the same time!

These little darlings arrived around 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning!  With huge smiles on their faces, the older two boys walked through my door…lugging their little suitcases behind him…ready to start their weekend of fun!

Moments later, we had Gabe out of his car seat so he could join the fun as well!

As I chatted with their mama, the boys immediately headed to the playroom and the closet with all of their books and toys!

With much enthusiasm and excitement, the boys quickly filled the living room floor with some of their favorite toys!

They also found the new Lego sets that I had purchased, and were rapidly opening those boxes to begin building a school bus and a helicopter!

After my daughter left, we made brownies for my mom’s birthday and were planning on delivering her birthday treat to her after lunch!

The morning quickly passed and lunch was soon over, so we headed to my mom’s to deliver the homemade goodies! 

Hudson carried the brownies…Beau carried the birthday card…and I carried Gabe in his car seat!  I’m sure we were quite the sight as we headed to our car!

After buckling everyone in…we were off!  Fortunately, my mom lives only minutes away, so the car ride was short!

However, as we approached our first red light, I was quite surprised to hear both Hudson and Beau say….”Gammy…blow through the red light”!

And of course my immediate response was…”Boys, we don’t do that!  We could cause a serious accident”!

Thinking they would agree with me, I was quite surprised by their next statement…”Mommy and Daddy blow through red lights”!!

Surely they were wrong!  Had they seen their parents turn right on red and somehow thought they were “blowing” through red lights? 

And where did they hear the expression…”Let’s blow through the red stop lights”? 

I know my daughter and son-in-law too well to even think that they would put their children in danger, so didn’t give it another thought as we arrived at my mom’s!

However, the subject came up again as we were heading to church the following morning. 

As we approached our first red light, Hudson and Beau again said…”Gammy, let’s blow through the red light”!

And this time they added… Luke and Tessa (dear friends of my daughter and husband)…blow through red lights too!

Completely baffled…I turned around as I stopped at the red light to again inforce the rule that we do now “blow” through red lights!

However, as I turned around…Hudson and Beau were sitting in their car seats with their cheeks puffed out….literally “blowing” with their mouths!

The light went on…and I realized…they were trying to show me how to literally blow through the red light!

All I could do was laugh at my confusion…and then listen as they told me when you blow…its magic…and the red light will turn green!

Feeling quite relieved at the new found definition of what it means to “blow through red lights”…we headed on to church!

When my daughter arrived home later that day I asked her about this!  She quickly revealed to me that Luke and Tessa had told Hudson and Beau that if you blow while you are waiting on the red light…it will turn green! 

I also learned, that Tessa would watch the other light…and when it turned yellow…knew it was ok to blow…knowing that their light would turn green soon!  So I learned the magic trick as well!

So, of course these little boys were trying to do the same thing…change the red light to green with their new magic trick!

My daughter and I got a kick of out my confusion…and complete misunderstanding…of those little boys new desire to blow through red lights!

But isn’t that how we sometimes feel when we read God’s word?

Sometimes we have to read and re-read certain passages of scripture to understand what God is saying!

This can also happen if we are only partially listening to a sermon...sometimes we need to tune everything else out and really focus…so that we don’t miss what God is trying to share with us during the message!

And just as it did when I turned around and really listened to Hudson and Beau…the light went on…and I truly understood what they were trying to share with me!

God’s word says… My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge…Colossians 2:2-3.

God desires for us to understand his word.  He desires for us grow in wisdom and knowledge!  He desires us to know Jesus Christ more and more!

And dear friends…though we may not immediately grasp the meaning of every verse written in the bible…as we read, study and pray for the scriptures to speak to our hearts …God will help us to understand His Holy word.

Dear Heavenly Father…give us understanding…not only in our everyday lives, but also as we read and study your word!  Help us to grow in wisdom and knowledge so that we may draw closer to you each day!