"...You'll learn things you never knew you never knew..."

Before these past few months I never knew that I never knew how to tell the difference between a baby crying because he's hurt, hungry or tired. But now I've learned to tell the difference. There are so many little things you can learn by just spending time with a small kid. Like speech, I can listen to an almost 2 year old talk and understand that he wants to give his brother a bottle or watch his favorite movie. Or like body language, I can feed a 9 month old a bottle and know that if he leans forward he wants to get down and play, but if he turns around he wants to lay his head down on my shoulder and go to sleep. I never knew you could know these little things with babies until I experienced it for myself. The only way I got to the point where I could "understand" a couple of babies was by spending at least 8 hours a day alone with them for a couple months. I want my relationship with God to be like that. I want to know him so well that I can understand what his voice is saying to me because I've been listening to Him everyday. I want to be able to recognize how He is moving around me daily and know how to respond to that. I wan to be with Him all day everyday until I get to the point where all I need is the still small voice to guide me.