"Who is the Example?"
"Be examples to your kids!" We hear this, as parents, all the time; but
wait a minute......take a REAL look at those little bundles of energy. Didn't
God tell US to be like THEM?!............
"Unless you become like little children, you can never enter the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN" Matthew 18:3
An infant
TRUSTS its mother to feed, bathe, and change it's
diaper. He totally TRUSTS that mama will meet his needs. Shouldn't WE TRUST GOD
for all our needs?
A child
holds out his arms for mama when she comes to pick him up from daycare. That
chubby-armed hug lets her know how much he MISSES and LOVES her. Do WE wrap OUR
arms around God's neck and tell Him how much we've MISSED AND LOVE HIM, when we
haven't been with Him for awhile?
A child stretches out his
arms in FAITH, ready for Mama to catch him when he jumps from his bed. Do WE
jump, with FAITH, into God's waiting arms?
"Read it again, Mama!" he says when you've
finished reading "
"Kitty, funny!' he says while pulling the cat's tail. Life
hasn't yet taught him FEAR of being scratched. He's FEARLESS! Are we afraid of what we've learned
through life's experiences? God wants OUR FEARS back! He wants us to live
FEARLESSLY, like a child, walking in total faith, knowing He'll take care of us
no matter what!
You make a face, He makes
a face. You stir your cereal, He stirs his cereal. He is IMITATING you,
following YOUR EXAMPLE. Your child is teaching you to be an EXAMPLE for him.
Should we give him the BEST EXAMPLE? The EXAMPLE OF SEEING
He falls down, crawls,
and stands again; only to fall once more. He's PRACTICING, he’s learning
to walk - but not before falling many times. He's showing us that PATIENT
PRACTICE yields results. God want us to PATIENTLY PRACTICE our walk with Him until
it becomes easier.
A dog barks. He runs to
you. "Pick me up, Mama!" You
pick him up and he is "safe". That big dog now looks smaller to him.
He's now brave again in Mama's arms. Do we ask God to "PICK US UP" and "MAKE
US BRAVE" when we are in trouble?
Our troubles are so much smaller in God's strong, safe arms.
See, there is so much to
learn from out kids! Trust, love, faith, fulfilled dreams, fearlessness,
patient practice and asking to be "picked up" above our troubles. NO
WONDER
They are OUR examples! Watch them closely and learn from GOD'S LITTLE
BLESSINGS!
Watching and learning
from my grandkids,
