There is something about this little girl, she has no fear. I have always seen this in her, but the other day I took this picture of her as she approached the diving board for the first time during swimming lessons. I knew she could do it, because I believe she did it last year. So it wasn't completely new to her. So we encouraged her to do it, and then finally she wandered over to it. She climbed up the ladder and got on the back of the board and stood there and I could tell she was really pondering her decision. So she stood there for a few seconds and moved a little more toward the end.
As she approached the very end of the board she stood there and looked down weighing out the situation. Finally she stooped a little and and lunged forward a couple of times and then finally her fear left and she went in and swam almost by herself to the wall. I was proud because when I was her age I would not have done such a thing.
As I read the Bible on my Iphone the other night I came to the scripture in Mark 10:14-15 "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." - "I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." I've been trying to understand for years what these verses meant. How is the Kingdom of God like little children? Then after looking at this picture I finally understood it. Our children are dependent on us for everything in life. We nurture them completely, they depend upon us to be there for them to help them make the right decisions and give them the confidence to face life's pains. I believe Macy would not have gone off that diving board had I not been right behind her telling her it would be alright that the swimming teacher would be there to catch her. It was enough to get her over her fear and she did it.
God is our father he is there to give us that love to tell us it is alright to make a certain decision and do it without fear. He wants us to be like little children and be dependent on him. We as people need to become better every day to make our faith in him stronger and bigger. That's who he wants in his kingdom at the end of time, people who were dependent on him like little children. Wow that is amazing!
Christianity is hard because we make it hard, we depend on ourselves to much to live life when God will help us live it. Our God is a relational God or father. Accept Him as a little child does us, as parents. They accept us as a parent because that is all they know. Shouldn't we do the same with our heavenly Father, accept him because he is all we should know. It's hard being human. With God in our lives it can be a lot easier.
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