Childlikeness

As many of you will know we’ve just been blessed with our third little girl, born Monday morning at 8.52 am 7 lbs and goes by the name Neave Hope, and she’s beautiful, just like her older sisters.

Each time we’ve had a child it’s been mind blowing, the capacity to love is amazing, you never think you can love anyone as much as the first but something inside just grows, it’s like each time a new part of your heart is engaged.

One thing that continues to amazes me is the thought that God wants us to be as dependent on him as our children are on us. Yet for some reason we find it so hard even though kids do it so readily. They just don’t worry about food, clothes or shelter, the certainly don’t get worked up over all the things we do, like image and security or money – unless of course we teach them!

Why do we find it so hard to rely on the Lord when all through scripture God’s character in so good, so faithful?

Much of our religious history is to blame, we’ve been sold a lie, that God is angry or vengeful or distant instead of gracious, loving, and intimate – God is love.

I’m learning all the time to trust the Lord and just simply lean on him and I’ve got to say, when I do it everything works well, life works in balance, when I don’t, I get stressed, tired, anxious, sick.

Sometimes when I’m speaking to others about my walk with the Lord I get the feeling that they think I am naive or daft just for believing that God will do what he has promised and the dreams he has given me will come to pass.  But I’m not naive, I’ve chosen to believe in Him even though sometimes it doesn’t come naturally, I’ve walked some rocky paths over the years and I know that they do not lead to peace or life, its just that to walk with the Lord means loosing so much of our worldly ego and projected coolness, that to some it my sound foolish -but scripture tells us that will be the case.

I for one am happy to seem foolish to men but safe in the knowledge I am being taken care of by my Father in heaven, and that all I need to do is trust him, and I know for sure, He’s trustworthy and 110% reliable.

Childlikeness or stuffy, stressy, frustrated, ego driven life…  no competition!