It is a very sweet book. It made me cry...no really, it did. Kinda silly I know, but it reminded me so much of the reality of being a mom and even our own relationship with God.
The little bunny told it's mommy that he was going to run away.
The mommy said,
"if you run away, I will run after you.
"if you run away, I will run after you.
For you are my little bunny."
Bunny said, he would become a fish and swim away...mommy said, she would become a fisherman.
Bunny said, he would become a rock on the mountain, high above...mommy said, she would be a mountain climber and climb to where he was.
Bunny said, he would be a cocus in a hidden garden...mommy said, she will be a gardener and find him.
Bunny said, he would become a bird and fly away...mommy said, she would be a tree that that he could come home to.
Bunny said, he will become a little sailboat and sail away...mommy said, she would become the wind and blow him where SHE wants him to go.
Bunny said, he will join the circus and fly away on a flying trapeze...mommy said, she will be a tightrope walker and walk across the air to him.
Bunny said, he would become a little boy and run into a house...mommy said, she would become his mother and catch him in her arms and hug him.
Bunny said, he might as well stay where he is and be her little bunny...
This story is not profound. But isn't it so true that we, as mothers, would go to the ends of the earth for our children? We would do whatever it takes to bring them 'home'!
The reason this story struck me, is because my oldest son just moved out on his own. He didn't run away, it's just time for him to begin a new journey in his life. He is 21 now...a big boy...much to my dismay! In that process though, I think there is a sense of running for him. I get it, but it is still so very hard. Wanting to figure life out, seperate from his family. Me, his mother, wanting to follow him and bring him home. Wanting to remind him that I want to protect him and guide him...only to be reminded, myself, that I can't do that anymore. I knew this time would come. I have often thought about it with tremendous dread...never imagining just how painful the reality really is. I apologize, if I am being depressing...it's just the reality of life...the reality of change and new seasons...it's ok...just hard.
I am also reminded of God's relationship with us. This childish little book, really painted a very simple picture of HIS great love for us too! I don't know about you, the Lord has been all of those things for me (and more)...He was fished me out of a pit...He has sought me out when I was hiding and didn't want to be found...He has done whatever it takes to get me down off mountains of dispair...He has let me fly away, only to be there waiting for me to return...He has reminded me over and over again that HIS way is the way I should go...AND I have even found myself looking back at my own paths, wishing I would have just stayed in His will and His arms the whole time!
I realize I may be totally cheesy, analizing this silly little story. Ya know, it is, what it is...we can take away profound insights from the greatest of writings or little tid-bit reminders of the sweetness of life, from a simple little preschool book...God speaks to us differently, at different times...last night, he spoke to my heart with, "The Runaway Bunny."
Our greatest source of insight and wisdom, of course, is the WORD...
"For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than a double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of theheart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.
Hebrews 4:12, 13
