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Hope, one of the greatest parts of being a parent are the many lessons
about God that our children are able to teach us. When our children were
infants, they had this beautiful way of bringing so many scriptures to
life for us, and they had no idea that they did it.
Do
not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink;
nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food
and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they
neither sow nor reap nor gather in barns; yet your Heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:25-26
God
tells us not to worry about our needs being met, for He is in control.
Yet many of us are constantly worried about bills being paid, our jobs
being secure, our cars not breaking down, etc. Sometimes those worries
try to rise up in me as well but then I take a look at my children, they
don’t have a care in the world.
Yes,
they get hungry and thirsty. Yes, they need clothes to wear and a place
to rest their heads. But that doesn’t keep them up at night or keep
them from being the happiest children ever.
They
know that their needs are going to be met, so they don’t have to take
on that burden. If only we trusted God the way our children trust their
mothers (and fathers).
Often
times, God will direct us to do something but we allow fear to stop us
from moving in it. We have all kinds of excuses like not being qualified
to do it or simply being fearful of the unknown. It happens to most
everyone at some point. These days when fear tries to grab me, I again
take another look at my children who seem fearless to me.
I
think about when they were learning to take their first steps. They
could have thought to themselves, “I’ve never walked before so I better
not try to walk now.” But instead, they (like most babies) had that
innate trait that pushes them to try almost anything (including those
things we wish they wouldn’t).
Watching
them try so many different things without hesitation is a constant
reminder to me of how my “faith walk” should look. If I can only step
out with the same confidence that they do, I might be surprised at how
far my faith can take me and how many wonderful things I could
accomplish.
When
I truly learn how to put all my trust in God in the same manner that
they put their trust in me, confident that I would never do anything to
intentionally hurt them, my relationship with God would soar to levels I
never thought possible! Children have an incredible way of putting the
“scriptures in motion.” And these are lessons we all need to embrace!
Scripture of the Day: “If
you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move
from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible
for you.“ - Matthew 17:20
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