"Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World"

Isn't that a wonderful song. I was just rocking my baby to sleep while singing it to her. As she was closing her eyes I began to think of all the things I have to do today. Vacuum, tend to the massive pile of laundry (washing machine has been broken), clean our master bathroom, take the dog to the vet and a million little things between. But not ONE of those thoughts was to sit down and write in my blog. Until I finished that song. Then it just came over me that I had to sit down and write down my thoughts.


"Jesus loves the little children,
all the children in the world.
Red and yellow, black and white
All are precious in his sight,
Jesus loves the little children of the world"


Cute song, right? It's easy to imagine Jesus loving all the little children of the world. They are just adorable. They say some of the sweetest things, and lets face it they all have a carefree attitude we wish we could go back to! But guess what.


John 1:12 "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God"


I know you've probably know that we are all Children of God. But have you ever REALLY thought about it?


Example: I was talking to a friend once and she was talking about playing at the beach with her dad. She said no matter how far he took her out into the water she felt like nothing could happen to her. No sharks, no going under, no slimy fish, NOTHING. However, if something did happen to her then she knew her daddy would make it better. He would comfort her, give her what she needed to feel better. Isn't that thought awesome. As children we look up to our parents. We think that as long as we do the best we can our parents will help fill in the rest. Do you ever think about the days of being a child and being so carefree? Do you ever miss those days? Honestly, I think if we rely on God we can have that attitude again. I mean I know we have more responsibilities, more stress, more EVERYTHING. But we did as kids too? Homework, colleges, chores, jobs. But as children we knew that as long as we were REALLY trying someone would help pick us up if we were having problems with any of our responsibilities. We knew our parents were there for us, and if not parents our grandparents, our teachers, our friends, most everyone had SOMEONE that we can depend on to help us up.


Now we are grown up. We have to keep ourselves and our families afloat. We feel we cannot have the carefree attitudes we did as children. But WE CAN. We have God. If we can trust God and look up to him as we look up to our parents when we were children then he will back us up. If we fall he will catch us, when we need help he will help us. When we need advice on life, jobs, friends loved ones, all we have to do is pray and he will give it to us. Isn't that wonderful? To remember that someone will ALWAYS fix my shortcomings is such a comforting thought. It may not be how I want it fixed, and I may not understand, but looking back I will know that God had his hand in it every step of the way.


In theory it should be a "Duh" kind of thought. Of course we are supposed to trust God over our parents. After all, our parents are sinners just like we are, our parents aren't perfect, our parents can't protect us from the world, they will do everything they can to protect us, but as a human they will never be able to take care of us like God can.


Then why is it so easy to look up to our parents, but it takes so much more to look up to God? I guess the answer for that is different for every person. For me, it's because I'm such a RIGHT NOW kind of person. I like to hear the answer, set up solutions, make a plan. With God, it's not always that direct. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it is. Sometimes God hits me in the face with an answer and I can't help but laugh at how direct the answer was. But others it takes time, patience, and most of all FAITH.


I guess this long passage is to just say God calls us his children, so lets act like his children. Let us look up to God as we looked up to our parents. Do your best at everything you do and then when you have a shortcoming, God will pick you up. But we just have to trust him like a little girl who trusts her daddy. God will protect us from going under, from the sharks and all the slimy fish. We just have to pray and seek God's answers and guidance. After all:


Matthew 18:3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.…