Perfect timing

Kids. You gotta love them.

Last night I was having a pretty deep conversation with my father-in-law about the Holy Spirit. We were talking about how God guides us, and then we got talking about specific moments when we felt like the Holy Spirit had led us to do this or that. It was a really deep, totally awesome, and at times, very serious, conversation.

So, my father-in-law starts telling me this story:

"When I was about your age, and we were living in this rickety old house a few miles from here, I was really stressed out and got up early one morning. My whole body was tense and I couldn't sleep. It was really awful. So I got up and went for a walk all around the neighborhood, then I came home, had some devotional time, and then started working out. I was hoping the exercise would helpclear my head. I had been praying a lot, and then, out of the blue, clear as a bell, it was like I heard this voice in my head. It was amazing. And what I heard was..."

At which point my eldest daughter comes sprinting into the room, screeches to a halt on the tile right in front of us, and with the hugest smile on her face says at top volume:

"HI GUYS!!"

And then races back out again.

I mean, I think professional actors struggle to get that kind of timing right. It was amazing. I mean, she interrupted my father-in-law at exactly the right moment for absolute maximum comedic effect. Incredible.