A Trip To the Store

Toby looked at the sunlight filtering through the limbs of the trees, he noticed ants and the crocuses living out this spring day. Others around him were asking questions, talking about all that had to be done, he was there with them but he also was with the moment of the colors and the life of spring.
His heart was open to his heavenly Father, Where life use to flash past, now it was in step to the agenda of his heavenly Papa.
John was asking him a question about the new store that opened over the weekend, he looked at him loved him, answered his question and smiled at the dog that had found the warm spot in sunshine. Inside he shared with Papa the truth the dog knew but few others could understand.
Matthew was telling John that if they got at it, they could get to the new store and get home with enough time to go over the monthly statements that needed to get out by the end of the day.
Noticing both looking at their watches Toby rested with Papa in the thought that the times are in his hands and he enjoyed how good it felt to just to rest in the love of trusting.
Come on Toby we gotta go John said as open the old station wagon door and crawled in. Heading down the road John asked Toby for the list of things they needed to pick up, Toby recited the list and his heart was still open to the moment with Papa, the head cold he had was making his morning brain a little slower ,he wasn’t a morning person and asked Papa if he intentionally created morning and non-morning people.
He could sense Papa smile and he shared the thought that there was priests that were in charge of the night watches in the tabernacle . And what makes you think the night is less important than the day he sensed Papa chuckle.
As they drove, a spring shower rained, Matthew turned on the radio to some country music, John was using the opportunity to express his true feeling on the stupidity of such trash.
Toby just sat with an open heart no thoughts just sat in his spirit with Papa’s spirit going down the road the rain falling just being in the moment together with a head cold.
At the grocery store Toby looked to see, it was the way he lived with Papa looking to see what Papa was showing him to see with him. Toby called it co-seeing with Papa what sounded weird to other folk but Toby didn’t mind, Toby had co-seeing, co-hearing, Co-talking, Co-singing, co-thinking and best of all co-loving which was actually in all of them.
Together they looked to see others in the store, Toby would respond to the father when the father in his heart moved him and they shared the moment.
It wasn’t huge experiences as others would think to be significant. In fact it was incredibly small experiences that Papa gave such huge value to.
A shared small big thing of the heart between Papa and Toby.
Just another of the million ways Papa told Toby he loved him, loved him, loved him.
There were smiles, and kindnesses so very small but sparkled to Toby with Papa delight.
John was bent that plain yogurt was better for you than flavored yogurt, Matthew was more interested in the snickers bars 2 for a dollar.
Toby rolled his eyes and enjoyed who they were, they were so valuable, so cherished by Papa and at the same time they were so one of a kind Characters.
In the produce area Toby found a grapefruit he knew his wife would love and a bag of chocolates he would sneak into his mom’s house. Here she was 87 years old and was still bent on dieting. He would spoil her because it was his delight to do so. He then heard Ahem from Papa’s heart and the thought “because we like to,” was shared between the two of them.
Back in the car heading home , the sound of snickers bar wrappers and intense discussion on the financial success of a snickers yogurt campaign that would change the world forever, Toby co-smiles.