Have you ever wondered why Christ set a little child in the middle of His Disciples and told them “Unless ye become as a little child ye cannot enter the kingdom of heaven?” I’ve been thinking about this for awhile now and thinking about the qualities of little children that would enable us to enter the kingdom of heaven.
A couple of days ago we had the awesome priviledge of having our 1 year old grandson for the day. As we went through the day it was fun to just observe him in his own little world, I began to understand the need to have childlike qualities in my life. We don’t want to become childish but childlike is completely different. I would like to share with you some of the things I noticed as I watched Tucker go about his day.
1. Little children have complete trust in those they love. They don’t care what you look like, if your hair is messy or even if you’re fat or thin etc., they just trust that you will be there for them.
2. Little children love unconditionally. There again they accept those they love without reservations, without preconceived ideas about what they expect, or what you failed to do etc.
3. Little children forgive easily. Not only do they forgive but they forget. Sometimes we as adults say “I forgive you”, but then we don’t forget the deed. After raising 7 kids, I was alway amazed at how quickly they forgot what they were angry about or at who and went back to playing.
4. Little children really aren’t conscious of what others think of them. They can be who they are and not really care if they’re doing something right or wrong. What a feeling of freedom that would be.
There are many more qualities of little children that I admire but I won’t go into those here. You can spend some time thinking about this as well. In the Dec. issue of Success magazine there’s an article there about adults learning to play and enjoy life again. A couple of large companies like Google and 3M have created colorful, fun, workspaces where their employees can go to play with toys, video games etc. even take a nap if they choose. This will help to increase productivity in the workplace. I found that very interesting and had a better understanding of the qualities of little children.
I’ve enjoyed this little journey back to when I was raising my kids and even thinking back to my own childhood.
Thank you for sharing part of your day with me!!
