And it may be said of another man-child, stomping his foot in anger and flinging unwelcome missiles at others, “Isn’t he PRECIOUS!”
As well he may be.
The irony is... that in spite of our bad behavior, in God’s sight we are precious, although God will never violate our will. Because if God did violate our will, love would no longer be love, but puppet manipulation. But God will orchestrate our circumstances such, if we are willing to even begin to pick up on His love, we will see things that focus our thoughts in the right direction.
I’m sure in the story, this means an irony about treating the boy as superficially precious. I.e. dote on his cuteness, but don’t do a thing about redirecting his misdirected impulses (which we all have, due to sin). The boy appears to had been done a profound disservice, or non-service, long before this happened... and where’s his dad anyhow? Could those toy cars be the forlorn proxy that he has seized upon for his dad... for a real man who will care about him and teach him how to enjoy such things?