My brightly colored Toddler Classroom is full of all kinds of toys. There are riding toys, climbing foam blocks, a small pool full of balls, books and tiny pretzels. The pretzels are actually in a container, just so you don’t get the wrong idea. In amidst all of the color waddle toddlers of all shapes and sizes.
Toddlers aren’t toys, they are children. These tiny versions of mom and dad try with all their might to steady themselves and walk. With the color and activity of the room, the attention of each toddler is diverted. Toddlers walk with legs wider than they will at full size. They waddle. They waddle like mommas very pregnant, like penguins on a mission. They waddle to balance their weight as to help them from falling.
Might it be time for you and I to waddle like a toddler?
When your load becomes too much to bear, when you are caught off-balance, when life seems to divert your attention, when your goals seem too far away – waddle.
Waddle. Stay close to the ground. In prayer. In fact, drop to your knees. This life is not about who can stand the tallest and walk the proudest. Waddle. Stop and concentrate on just walking one step at a time in a forward direction. There are days when forward is all you can hope for. And, should you fall, like a toddler – Get back up and try again.
Philippians 4:6, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
Ali Bragdon 