He's got the whole wide world in his hands...

Holding Dad's finger!

...well, at least teething rings, hair, clothes on the rack at the store, his own mouth and the eventual throw up. He seems to be grabbing everything. He is like the hamburglar if hamburgers were everything.

And he grabs with great intensity. He focuses on his object almost to the point of going cross-eyed. Sometimes his head shakes in the focus process, kind of like he just got dizzy. Then he reaches out with both hands so wide, almost as if he is sneaking up on it. It's ok though, all good things come from great struggles.

I mean, this is a revolution. He is changing and will never be the same again. He is becoming aware of himself. The appendages that used to flail around and hit him in the face when he was falling asleep, only to wake himself up, now can be beneficial.

It is like a brain grenade because it is blowing my mind. I am seeing the Copernican revolution & Kantian revelation all in one glance. "In the beginning when God created^* the heavens and the earth, ²the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God^* swept over the face of the waters. ³Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light." I am seeing darkness turn to light. I am seeing void being transformed into substance.

In all seriousness, this is amazing. I am witnessing another human being become more and more self-aware over the course of days and weeks. What an incredible blessing that not only do I get to witness it, but be apart of it as well. Being able to fellowship in it with my son as his father is such a huge thing.

I hope he uses his hands for good. I pray that he realizes the fantastic potential he has to craft, craft this world for the better. I pray that his hands reach, reach out to the least of these, the downtrodden, the sick, the hurting and the hopeless and help them. I pray that his hands mold the fabric of society for the better by his own witness and example. I pray that his hands create beauty and peace wherever he is. And may I be the best example to him in all these ways.

"Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. 

You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? 

Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? 

Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD

"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to LOOSE the chains of injustice
 and UNTIE the cords of the yoke, to SET the oppressed free and BREAK every yoke?

 Is it not to SHARE your food with the hungry and to PROVIDE the poor wanderer with shelter,

when you see the naked, to CLOTHE him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; 

then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. 

"If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and SATISFY the needs of the oppressed, 

then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land 

and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, 

like a spring whose waters never fail.

    

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations;
 you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. 

~The mouth of the LORD has spoken" (Isaiah 58).

 ^4"