Remember When?

I tell you the truth, you must accept the kingdom of God as if you were a child, or you will never enter it.

Luke 18:7 

 

As a child, I had a vivid imagination!  I would sit for hours staring out of my bedroom window watching the squirrels plant their acorns and wondered what they must be thinking.  Were they making a mental note of where the acorns could be found when they were needed?  What did they talk about?  I was fascinated by the structure of leaves.  The stars were amazing to me.  I had a sense of wonder, as children do.

 

When did I lose that sense of wonder?  I'm not sure.  It didn't happen all at once.  It was drained from me slowly when I began to replace it with such poisons as anger, hatred, busyness, indifference.  I had gone from a sense of wonder to a sense of apathy.  It took me years to figure out what had happened, and it took many more years to, at least partially, return to that sense of wonder.

 

Jesus tells us that we must accept the Kingdom of God as it we were a child.  We must return to that sense of wonder!  That place where we love without condition.  That place where we can get along!  That place where we are so fascinated with the risen Christ that we keep Him in the forefront of our thoughts!  Let's return to that Sense of Wonder!