Matthew 18:3 - "Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven".
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They are prayerful. Everything they would want, they will ask it in prayers. And even they will not get it, they will just ask for another one.
They are playful. They are friendly. They would like to play with other kids, whether they knew them before, or just today or even not yet. For them, having more friends, the better.
They are trustful. They know that their parents can provide for them. They know that there are people close to them that would give them gifts, care and love. They simply know it.
Being a kid. We were once like them - trusting, happy, playful.
A child who doesn't have to understand everything so he can believe on something. A child who doesn't require God to prove everything so he would believe in Him.
So what happened? As we grow, we simply lost that feeling. It was replaced by fear, sadness and anger. And unless everything is explained fully, then we would not believe.
Let us bring back that trusting feeling, that playfulness, that simplicity and that prayerfulness. Let us all be honest in our hearts and agree that there is God who would take care of our needs.
Allow our hearts to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Cleanse our hearts and our minds of fear by truly relying and trusting in the Lord. And being that child again can lead us to heaven, where we do really belong.
+ Let us pray: Lord Jesus, you were a child once. But you never lost that childlike heart in You. Teach me to be a child again and fill my heart with Your love. And let that love be the bind that will tie me to You as I trust again in everything that is You, believing in Your will without question. Amen +
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