Jesus and Saliva-Covered Toys
Tonight, my family drives over to the Robertsons’ house to have a Christmas Eve meal and chill time. It’s a tradition that started a number of years ago, probably when I just started high school. We had a good time of stuffing our faces and having conversations inbetween mouthfuls. This time we had a 16-month-old child with us, one of the newer additions to the Robertson family. Last year, Conner (the child) was only a few months old and couldn’t do much of anything. Now, he has hit the walk everywhere and taste EVERYTHING stage. So, as Freud predicted when he named this time of the toddler’s life the “oral stage,” Conner picked up multiple things, like little Santa figurines and toy cars, and then proceeded to place them in his mouth.
Since it’s this time of year (and we should be focusing our thoughts towards the birth of Jesus), I began to wonder: Did Jesus go through an oral stage as a toddler? Did Jesus cover all the household items in saliva as this is the main way that a toddler of this stage can learn about his environment? Did the ruler and creator of the universe have to re-learn what a dreidel was by sticking it in His mouth? If Freud was right, and most toddlers prove that he was, then it is safe to assume that yes, Jesus covered his dreidel in saliva. (Okay, so Jesus probably didn’t have a dreidel, but it makes my point.)
I can not begin to fathom the greatness of the mind of God. Yet, with my limited concept of God’s powerful might and genius, it blows my mind to attempt to understand that the same Jesus, who created all that exists, could choose to put on the same skin that we wear and choose to go through the humbling human process of learning as a baby. How great and loving is our God.
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