The Wonder of God's Condescension!

Psalm 139:1-6
"O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
³ Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it."

As a child I was fascinated by adults.  I enjoyed sitting quietly in the room when adults were talking, and I longed for the day when I would have a seat at the table.  I thought they were so interesting, but they seemed so far off and unapproachable.  Apart from my parents, one of my dear aunts and my Grandma Hager, I didn't feel particularly noticed or important to adults.  When an older woman would take an interest in me, it seemed such a remarkable thing, and I was always very grateful.

In our church in Limon, CO there is a woman who instantly wins the heart of every child she interacts with, and the joy of going to her home for my children was just as much about seeing Miss Tammy as playing with her ridiculously fun children.  As I watched her with children I noticed several things.  She genuinely liked children, not just because they were cute and little, but because they were unique souls.   Since the children couldn't reach up to her she would go to them; she would always kneel and look them in the eye and engage them with as much interest and joy as she did adults.  And she had great sympathy for them, not huffing at them when they were naughty or inconveniencing her, but understanding the difficulties of childhood, she dealt with them in kindness and patience. 
 
The God of the whole universe, the God who set the stars in the sky and determined the system by which our solar system would work, the God who sets kings up and casts governments down, the God who can part the Red Sea and stop the sun in its place, kneels down, looks me in the eye, and engages me in my little insignificant thoughts.  It is "too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it."