Seriously. I think if Legos were around in Biblical times I think Jesus would have used them for all of his parables. They carry so much depth and application to our lives it is incredible. And my story of Legos for today is as follows...
Micah got out the Duplos today. Funny because he has hundreds of dollars in "regular Legos" but he had a grand ole' time building with big huge blocks and new creations.
New creations. Let me say it again, new creations.
And that is what is so profound about Legos. You can take all these pieces that were originally made for a certain set and then put them together in new ways and then you have a new creation.
Not like this is a whole new revolution or anything, I mean the whole "Lego Movie" that just came out was all about this idea. But what was a new revolution for me tonight was how Micah handled when we said, "ok time to clean up the Legos" before bed. I knew he was still in the middle of something. I knew he didn't want to have to take it all apart and build again tomorrow. I saw it in his face, but he let go anyway. He rolled with it. And I think it was a lesson we all need to be reminded of...
You know, that "creation" that you put your heart and soul into today or in the last year and then you are told, "time to clean up" when you weren't finished with it yet. Or you don't want to have to start over with again tomorrow. Yeah, that one. Are you willing to let it go so a new creation can be made?
And the really cool thing that I saw today was what happens when you wait and come back to it. Micah at age eight played with Duplos a lot different than he did at age three. He had new ideas. He had had years of experience. He grew. And probably grew bit by bit.
And when he gets out the Duplos tomorrow or even if he goes back to his "regular Legos" he will have grown a little more. Because he put all the Legos away even when he didn't want to. He obeyed even if he didn't think he could rebuild something exactly the same way he did today. And I bet you his new creation tomorrow will be just that...a new creation.
I bet obedience will result in something even better. Because God is just like that in our lives. That pile of Legos that is just waiting to be turned into a new creation...but first you need to put away what you built today even if you don't want to. Especially then. We can learn a lot from an eight year old's response. Just roll with it. And trust.
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