My Childish Ways!! versus Childlike Ways!!

Matthew 18:3 And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and
become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

I Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought
like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish
ways behind me.

You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinately. - Ogden
Nash

Ok the first two statements above are gleaned from our Bibles.. the last
quote was from Ogden Nash an American poet known for his sense of humor.

I think if I got a tattoo, the Ogden quote might be the tattoo for me as my
penchant for putting my foot in my mouth while trying to be funny AND the
fact that I am over 50 years old and still enammered with turning wrenches ( mechanicing ) seems to define me.

That or maybe a tattoo that says.. Quick Wit & Slow Mind.

Childlike and Childish are two entirely different approaches to life.

Childlike is the freeing trust in God that gives us peace beyond any
circumstance, and not a blind faith that Christians are smirked at for
having.

Childish is in my opinion a path more traveled in this society shouting ..
I WANT! and I HATE YOU!..and CHARGE IT! This is a ME society that operates
with indifference and naivety contrary to the two greatest scriptures of
perspective to Love God and Care for Others.

I am not a child, and I should not reason as a child but as an adult. The
chasm between the mind sets of Naïve and Trusting is great. Trusting is a
good while naïve.. is well.. naïve.

So today is a good day again to embrace a childlike faith. The last 16
months in particular I am prayerfully learning to claim the scripture Trust
God with all MY heart, lean not unto my own understanding, in all my ways
acknowledge God and He will direct MY paths.. Pr. 3:5-6 Both when life is
rocky AND when all seems well.


Let me close with one of my favorite cartoons based on
readings of Max Lucado.

1. I can’t wait to Wake Up!, and..

May God bless and use each of us this day in great ways. May you enjoy
life, laugh hard, and leave the worries to the Father!