He Looks So Innocent, But We Should Have Known...

We should have known something was wrong. Only one time out of the bed and into the den before settling down for the night should have provided us with a reason to check on Griffin, but we didn't until hours later.

At eleven o'clock Margaret turned the doorknob, but it was locked. The old fashioned means of using a straightened clothes hanger produced no successful results. Neither did knocking forcefully on the door and shouting Griffin's name. Was he alright in there?

We could tell from the living area that the light was on in his room, but there was no response of any sort.

The last resort was to send Grumps over the railing of the deck, onto the roof to take off the screen and climb through the window. The miracle of the night is that for the first time in months, the window had been cracked open, by Margaret who is normally cold or the devised rescue plan would never have worked.

Once through the window and the door opened, we figured out what had occurred.
Upon being sent back to bed, Griffin had turned on the light, locked the door, gotten into his toys, played for a while, returned to bed, and was so dead tired that he fell into a deep sleep with  a smile on his face of a successful venture, never realizing what a ruckus he had caused.

By morning he had forgotten all about the locked door and could only grin when we told him the story of the midnight rambler crawling through the window.

Griffin had not given a thought to the danger of locking the door. What if a fire had occurred or he had gotten hurt in there playing alone? He was only thinking about what he wanted to do. At that moment

Our adult desires may be bigger than a three year old wanting a few more minutes before going to bed, but the principle is really the same. We think we know what is best for us, but God sees the whole picture and knows what is best for each of us individually, so why do we resist letting Him choose for us? God is always behind the scenes ready and waiting to rescue us, but wouldn't it be easier and better to just let Him choose from the beginning?

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.”