That seems like a strange title, and it is to me too. In some ways, Dad returned to childhood, not just a randomness, but his actual childhood. We were given a glimpse of our Dad in the days of his youth. It was informative, and it was often funny. Dad was just like us, or rather, we were just like him. He experienced all the quirks, peculiarities, peeves, deceptions, and moodiness of kids. Many, many times my sister, my brother, and I were brought to laughter by some of Dad's antics. There was so much joy, joy in our Dad, and joy from the Lord, who compensated us in ways that we will be counting for the rest of our lives down here.
Another aspect of that joy was watching Dad move beyond his youth, to become toddler-like, which included innocence and naivete and dependence. In a mysterious way, which was also a very gracious gift from heaven, the Lord reversed some of the aspects of Dad's humanness and fallenness. The innocence was beautiful and sweet and fun. Dad could appreciate what we were doing for him. He was capable of thanksgiving.
It causes me to think about our original creation purpose (Gen 1-2), essentially we are designed to live with God and enjoy Him, free from the distortions that sin causes. Redemption in Christ not only undoes the effects of sin and the fall, but it will take us far beyond into the joy of God's glory than the original creation design. How great is our God!
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