Faith of a Child

I have never took much time to consider what goes on in the mind of a child, what a child is capable of, or what I could learn from a child (which might seem odd considering that I am going to teach children some day).  It just has never crossed my mind to go down to the level of a child and actually try to understand the thought process that he or she has.  And, even though we were all there at some point, we do not remember exactly what it was like to think like a child with innocence, sincerity, passion, imagination, and creativity. 

I received a little something that a child had written down, and it had a huge impact on the way that I thought.  I was in the midst of thinking through a lot of things and just diving into my relationship with Christ, and I guess to say the least, wasn't sure where to begin.  Then, I sat and read through the beautiful words that this child had written down and I realized that there was a beautify simplicity to the things that this child had to say.  She was innocently surrendering her life to her Heavenly Father.  Wholeheartedly giving all that a child has away to a God that she couldn't even see.  This beautiful simplicity that was demonstrated here brought tears to my eyes. 

How could I be so blind to the fact that serving my God isn't something that takes all the theology in the world.  It doesn't take looking a certain way, walking a certain way, or being a certain type of person.  It simply means giving everything that I am to Christ and living my life in a way that is pleasing and honoring to Him, and Him alone.  

We aren't going to be perfect at this whole Christianity thing.  Our relationship with God isn't always going to be exactly what we think it should be.  And, it is not always going to be easy to give everything that we are up for Christ, but that is what serving God wholeheartedly, with childlike faith, looks like.