As a child I loved snow. That’s an interesting way to start considering as an adult I STILL love snow, but anyways… As a child I loved snow. There’s something about the entire world I know, everything as far as I can see, being completely transformed before my eyes. I eagerly paced back and forth on nights when the forecast read imminent snow. YES! I might as well have won the lottery.
Will there be school?
Will I get to play with my friends?
Will I build a fort?
Will I go sledding?
Will there be a snowball fight?
Will I get to drink some hot chocolate (and yes, with marshmallows on top)?
All these thoughts and questions would race through my head simply because I heard of a POSSIBILITY, I caught a glimpse of what MIGHT BE. I made plans in lieu of uncertainty. I didn’t distinguish between a 10% chance of snowfall and a 100% chance. I just knew it was GOING TO snow.
I had HOPE.
What happened? Where did that hope go? How did I lose it? What did I experience, what new knowledge did I come upon that transformed my hope into cynicism and doubt. I don’t believe it merely happened to me, but it’s something that we ALL experience at some point in our life. We go from accepting things at face value to desiring empirical evidence. We go from believing what we hear to questioning motives. We change. Our brains become polluted by age and an illusion of wisdom gained through experience.
I believe this is what Jesus was talking about…
Become as little children…
Humble himself as this little child…
As a child we kept things simple. We engaged the moment. We were present in the situation. We laughed because it was funny. We told someone when we weren’t happy. We didn’t care what we wore. We didn’t care about getting dirty. We were willing to help others. We gave someone a bite of our cupcake. We gave away the last piece of gum. We thought riding in the front seat was awesome!
Jesus said to become like a child, to humble yourself as a little child. I don’t know about you, but I want that again. Do you? It’s time we simplify our lives. It’s time we get back to the basics. It’s time to strip away our pride, our ego, our cynicism, and in its place build a positive outlook…HOPE.
As I said before, HOPE was easy for me as a child. Looking back I see that I prepared for the BEST CASE scenario, there was no Plan B. I didn’t plan for what would happen if it DIDN’T snow, I EXPECTED it to snow. I’m not going to plan for what will happen if God DOESN’T bless me, I EXPECT God will bless me (because He said He would!).
Do you have HOPE?
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