Katie Bartleson - Seer and Sage

For those who haven't - meet Kaitlin Bartleson - my youngest daughter. She is about 8 months old and has been a "good" baby all her life. She slept throughout the night at about 1 month old, she never turns her nose up at any new foods and best of all she loves her Daddy.
So this baby has taught me a good many things that surely I'm not the first (or last) to learn from a tiny, dependent person. I got to spend a good part of the day this Sunday with Katie cuddled up close to me watching cartoons and football and observing the things katie was good at that I need do...

Security
Katie knows she will be just fine because her needs are met by loving parents.
If I pay attention (and it is hard to do some days) I find that I am cared for in every way by our loving Father. My needs are met. I get so easily caught up in moment by moment concerns and so quickly unsure of what to do when considering future outcomes that I can forget who I am.
Katie doesn't forget who she is. She just looks around until she sees me or Renee (Mom), or even brother and sister, and she smiles at the reminder that she is loved.

Dependence
Katie knows how to ask for help. Ouch.
John Wayne didn't ask for help unless he had a bullet lodged in his spine. Even then...
Anyway, when Katie gets hungry she starts makin' some noise - not crying at first - she just starts to yell. She picks a note (like A#) and holds it for about 20 seconds at the top of her lungs. She gets our attention at feeding time, diaper time, when she's tired or when she bumps her head or is otherwise frustrated.
This sound off turns to tears if there is a poor response time, normally Katie can go about 5 minutes without much of a response before the REAL crying comes on.
I don't think I even ask for half the things I really want. I often find myself trying to ask for things that would please God to ask for. Knoble? Or just a reflection of my inability to trust a loving and generous God?
Sometimes I act like I don't know who He is.
Even when we respond poorly, Katie's ability to ask for help is not deterred. She doesn't consider that we won't help her.
Katie knows who we are.

So after Sunday's lesson from Miss Kaitlin Bartleson, I have resolved to try to watch when I feel secure - and why. And to try to remember that I am God's little child.
And I'm also trying to remain dependent on God and others. A tough one for me (I must be a lot like John Wayne).
Adios Pilgrim,
Dan