Monday, January 12, 2009

A Child Like Faith

Sounds all cute and cuddly, but when you think about it, it's anything but cute a cuddly.

Parent to child - 'Try this. I promise, it's really good (even though it looks totally different than anything you've ever tried before!)"

Parent to child - "Come pet the doggy (with really sharp teeth and sharp claws!)"

Parent to child - "Jump off the diving board (into 6+ feet of water that you could never swim on your own in!)"

Parent to child - "I'm letting go of the bike (even though it's going to shake and wobble a bit!)"

Parent to child - "You'll be fine here (with these people that you've never met before!)"

Child like faith...cute and cuddly, I don't think so.

God to us...All you have is mine anyway...trust me with your stuff.
God to us...Your family, yeah, they're mine, too...trust me with them.
God to us...Your next paycheck - don't worry!

Child like faith calls us to fully and completely trust God with the stuff that looks scary and unreliable. The stuff that we think we need to control. Child like faith gives us the power to do that which may seem totally ridiculous and foreign to those around us. Child like faith gives us the power to pull ourselves away from our carefully prepared budgets and carefully outlined calendars - to give it ALL to a God that loves us so much more than we can fathom.

Child to parent - "Hey, that was good!"
Child to parent - "He's so soft and cute!"
Child to parent - "Let's do it again!"
Child to parent - "I did it!!"
Child to parent - "I missed you, but I did ok."

Us to God - "I really don't 'need' as much stuff as I thought I did."
Us to God - "You really love my family more than me!"
Us to God - "We got a check for what?!"

When we have child like faith, our eyes open even more to the perfect love our Father has for us!
Us to God - "Let's do it again!!"

- Rebecca
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