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   Today as I was preparing for today's blog my three year old best friend, Talia, came up to the table, sat as close as she could, and told me to read her some stories from the Bible. Soon we put on some worship music and took turns talking about Bible stories. Watching her I was able to see childlike faith play out. If you are new to the faith, the phrase "childlike faith" may seem really odd. What is childlike faith? What's so important about it? Why should we be like children in our walk with God? 
  Mark 10:13-16 "One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering them. When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his disciples. He said to them, 'Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.' Then he took the children in his arms and placed his hands on their heads and blessed them."
   Dear Child of God, 
      You are so precious to Christ. Life gets hard and crazy and stressful and we all just want to quit sometimes but, just like those children, God wants to scoop us up in His arms and bless us. Hours got cut at work? Lost your job completely? Maybe a bad break up is occurring or has occurred? Or life has just gotten too stressful in general. Why would you not run to God? Don't ever believe for a second that you could "bother" God with your problems! Jesus got angry at His disciples for saying that the children are bothering Him. 
   Have you ever seen a child worship? First of all it is the CUTEST thing in the entire world but it's also the most eye opening thing in the world. I have seen kids pour out their hearts into worship and I've seen kids at the alter giving all their little problems up to Christ without any hesitation. Kids are innocent. They have not seen how terrible the world is and they haven't heard lies such as "you've sinned too much" or "God couldn't possibly help you in that situation". All kids know is "God loves you" and they know and believe the miracles He has done. 
   Be excited to read His word and worship Him. Allow yourself to get wide-eyed and excited to see what He will do in your life. It is time to break down your pride and shut out the lies and doubt and run into Christ's open arms.  Easier said than done? If a child can do it so can you. 

                                
   


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