If you're a parent, scenes like this are commonplace; 

Jubilation in simple things,

Laughing freedom

Sunlit innocence

 Joyous abandon where imagination turns backyards into kingdoms and where childhood games played at the living room table turn simple pleasures into treasures; and so it should be for every child. 

Sadly, for this child they are absent...

But for the love of Christ that lives in my son and daughter in law, this little girl is welcomed in and cared for like one of their own. 

My heart bursts with pride, and I feel all the joy that all of heaven feels seeing my son and his wife offer this little doe, this little dove a place of refuge, safety and love, if only for a brief respite. 

This world has many orphans and children living without the stability and security every child should have. When we step in and offer the needs of a child's soul, for an hour, a day, month or season, we fulfill Christ's greatest commands, and is so doing, we gain His greatest blessings. 

"Give freely, and you’ll have plenty poured back into your lap—a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, brimming over. You’ll receive in the same measure you give." Luke 6:38