Faith of a Child

"At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as his child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven..." ~ Matthew 18:1-3

But Jesus called for them, saying, "permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." ~Luke 18:16-17

The past week has been a really rough one. This pregnancy is really starting to get to me with all of the hormones and the wear on my body. Along with the kids having a rough week this was not a good combination. My patience has been on the negative end of the scale. Every morning I wake up and think, "okay today HAS to be better." and before 9:00 disaster has already struck. Toys strung about, kids fighting, my house feels like it's in complete chaos. Yesterday was no different as I think I spent most of my day in tears more frustrated that I kept crying for NO reason than anything actually happening.

I woke up this morning hoping for a new perspective and I think I was given one, by my 6 year old. She truly has the kindest heart I've ever seen. As we sat down for breakfast this morning I remembered something she said to me last night as we were loading up to go to the library. "Mom look at all the stars. You know I think those three lights that were following us on Halloween were Angels." Huh was all the more thought I gave that statement as I hurried them into the van. Then this morning I recalled what she said and asked her about it. Her response and such simple faith blew me away. " Yes I saw three lights, they weren't like the stars they followed us like they were glowing. I think they were God's Angels protecting us. You know mom angels don't wear white robes and have wings." I asked, well why didn't you say anything to me that night? And she says,"I did you said you couldn't see anything." WOW! It really made me stop and think this morning am I really blind? Am I really in such a hurry that I don't see God's work in my life and his everyday blessings? I need to slow down and have faith of a child, see things through their innocent eyes. We can easily thank God for the major things we see good and bad, but what about the things we don't see? What about the things that we never even knew he saved us from?

So today I have a new perspective, to slow down and thank God for my blessings. Be truly thankful to have a houseful of little ones that yes cause chaos and messes all over.

"Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;they will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate." ~ Psalm 127: 3-5

I will choose to be thankful for my husbands job instead of be frustrated he works so much. I will choose to be thankful for all of my children instead of complaining that I don't have any down time and a messy house, always. Thank you Lord for helping to open my eyes to see you at work.