I’m a BIG BOY!

I am sitting at Panera Bread working on a few thoughts for the word I am sharing tomorrow, when this real little boy was in front of me at the trash can and was juuuust able to throw his trash away. As he hurled it into the “massive” trash can, he proclaimed, “I’m a big boy”. With a big smile he started to jump up and down like an olympic athlete who just won the gold! My own kids have done the same thing so many times…but the older we get, we seem to lose the joy of the simple things of life. We forget to conquer the trash can, jump over a puddle (rather than adamantly walk around it), dance in the rain, spit off a bridge…you get the point. Remember those silly things you did as a kid…? I know you do. All your family and even friends would cheer as you made even the smallest of accomplishments.

Jesus encourages us in the Scripture to “change” and become like children (Matt. 18:3) in our hearts if we are to enter the Kingdom. And I also say that once you have by faith received Jesus into your heart like a little child…DON’T STOP living out of a childlike heart. Enjoy life. Enjoy sunsets and sunrises, birds that sing, family that loves you, long car rides, moments with friends, an airplane ride, an amusement park, the local sports team, fine art, beautiful music, working with your hands, playing the guitar, beautiful flowers, holding the hand of the one you love and on and on goes the list. And of course enjoy the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit and the precious Word of God.

Search your heart. Have you become too rigid? Cynical? Hard hearted? Too grown up? Maybe it’s time that you sit down, take a deep breath and reevaluate how you look at the world around you.