There is a story in the Times newspaper (a British newspaper) about an ad being run by the famous atheist, Richard Dawkins.  The purpose of the ad is to show that human happiness is completely independent of religion or God.  In fact, Dawkins is always at pains to present his view that it is God and religion that produce unhappiness in people.  And so Dawkins has produced this ad call “Don’t Label Me” to show that a child’s happiness is not about faith.

In the ad, as you can see, are two very happy (and cute) children.  The obvious effect is to think about how atheism does not hurt (and may even help) children.  But the irony here is that these children are not atheists.  They are not in a family of atheists – far from it!  In God’s Providence, these children are part of stock photos created by a web designer, who just happens (well, not really “just happens“) to be a well known evangelical Christian. The story states:

Their father, Brad Mason, is something of a celebrity within evangelical circles as the drummer for the popular Christian musician Noel Richards. Now a web designer and photographer, Mr Mason has been supplementing his income for years by providing photographs to agencies who sell them on to newspapers and advertising campaigns.

He said: “It is quite funny, because obviously they were searching for images of children that looked happy and free. They happened to choose children who are Christian. It is ironic. The humanists obviously did not know the background of these children.”

You can read all about this story here.  The next you wonder whether God is aware and involved in your life, remember how He was at work in this little irony of life.