child-likeness

so, today after work, like any other day when i want to treat myself, i stopped into starbucks, a)to get out of the unrelenting heat and b)to get a delicious mocha frappuccino. as i was enjoying the cool of their chilled ac, i heard a little child whimpering in his stroller. i didn't need to look at the menu because i knew exactly what i wanted, so i searched for the anxious toddler. and of course this was just an ordinary child, maybe 2 years old. and his mother was standing at the back of the stroller, looking up at what to order, not leaving the child alone, but out of his sight line. and he continued whimpering, looking around, making hard lefts and rights in his seat. and then his mother came up beside him, ready to order; and he saw just a small piece of the hem in her pants, and he quieted instantly.
now usually i wouldn't think much about this, but because everything in my life right now is in upheaval, it really grabbed my attention. i am that little child, wishing that i could just get a glimpse of God's hem in the corner of my eye, wishing i could see Him, have Him right beside me, comforting me, within hug's reach. but the whole time, right now, He's right behind me. He's making sure i'm ok, even though i am looking hard left and right and can't see Him at this very second. He's not going to steer me in the wrong direction. i just have to trust and hold my heart like that of a child.