The Baby Shall Ride a T-Rex

Isaiah 11:1-10
First Reading for the Second Sunday of Advent (Year A)

"The wolf shall live with the lamp, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the falling together, and a little child shall lead them."

It's a beautiful picture of peace. And I could reflect on that nature of peace and the concept of shalom. I could write about the beautiful struggle of being a peacemaker in this world. But do you know what I want to do right now?

In Sunday school this morning, I made an offhand comment that these pictures would be like a baby riding a Tyrannosaurus Rex. That picture makes me smile. So let me humbly and simply continue in that vein.

The mongoose shall hang out with the cobra, cats and dogs shall live together, the angry raccoon shall look out for the Baby Groot, the Koopa Troopa and the plumber shall race together, the Pawneean and Eagletonian shall unite, the cyborg shall cancel the robot uprising, the shark shall decide that fish are friends and not food, and a baby shall ride a T-Rex.

Amen.