Simply Children

I arrived at the beach today to find Ryan building a sandcastle with his daughter Madison. They have been visiting for one day and she is so special. Charming and confident with a winning smile and an absolute confidence in her mom and dad, she is so comfortable to be around. I like to be around little kids like that. What you see is what you get with kids. At church there is a little girl that holds back and hugs her mom and dads legs when she leaves church. She doesn't tremble and it is not fear but it is an I'm not sure who I can trust behavior, but i know I can trust mom and dad.

I want to be like that with my Lord. I want to be Maddie in the presence of my God. I want to have that ultimate trust and confidence in my Savior. The Bible says we believers are the children of God and yet most of the times I think we act more like teenagers. I'm better now than earlier in my life at just accepting what God wants as being what is best for me, but like a teenager I can have a tendency to question everything and rebel at times.

Jesus said. "I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." The world says grow up. God says be my child. Maddie reminded me today what that looks like.