I had an amazing experience at the beach recently. Someone had left a biplane kite lying on the ground next to a picnic table. After a while, a family arrived and one of the kids noticed the kite. He picked it up and carried it down to the beach swinging it around in the air.
About an hour later, the family left. I wasn’t paying close attention and thought that one of the kids must have taken the kite with him. All of a sudden as I was staring at the horizon, the kite appeared coming over a small dune. It must have been on the beach all this time. I just couldn’t see it from my vantage point. The plane ascended into the air just like a real plane would do. When it reached about one hundred feet, it leveled off and began heading north parallel to the shoreline. What blew my mind was the realization that no one was flying the kite. There were no strings attached and no one was standing on the shore. I watched the plane continue it’s journey until it was no longer in sight.
“How remarkable,” I thought. I was watching God at play. Yes, it was God flying the kite that day enjoying His creation. I wonder how often we miss God at play because we are too busy to notice. Take the time to slow down – to stop, look, and listen. You never know when you might catch God at play in His world. And when you do, I encourage you to take the opportunity to join Him.
