THE HEART OF A CHILD

THE HEART OF A CHILD God tells us Jesus tells us To get to heaven We NEED the heart of a child What could be better Than to love God-LOVE Jesus Than to LOVE THEM with the open And innocent TRUST of a child Not questioning him-just loving him With ALL of our might “LET the children come to me And do not prevent them For the KINGDOM of heaven BELONGS to such as these” Matthew 19:14 Kids believe us adults Kids TRUST us-they love us OPENLY AND INNOCENTLY They hang on to OUR every word I will BET they were The SAME WAY with Jesus-and- Who is a better role model FOR OUR CHILDREN Than him We too-in today's world ARE to lead lives of example Lives of LOVE-to be the role models For our kids today It is NOT up to the athletes It is not up to the entertainers- So many of them live lives Of questionable moral values It is up to the parents- The aunts and uncle-the neighbors To live lives That our kids want to EMULATE Live life in honesty-truth-and in LOVE LIVE with the openness and the acceptance The way children do DON'T be questionable and doubting To the teachings of Jesus The way the sadducees and PHARISEES were Live with THE HEART OF A CHILD “He called a little child To him And placed the child among them And he said: 'TRULY-I tell you- Unless you change And become like LITTLE CHILDREN You will never Enter the kingdom of heaven Therefore- Whoever takes the lowly position Of this child Is the GREATEST In the kingdom of heaven And whoever WELCOMES- One little child In my name-welcomes me'” Matthew 18:2-5 A far cry From the ACTUAL way We treat our children-in this world A far cry From the actual way Most people regard Jesus' teachings In this world-ALWAYS questioning We need to FIND Our child-like selves DEEP within ourselves We need to be open-ACCEPTING- And trusting of Jesus' teachings And we need to accept them For what they are Not twisting them-to be What we want them to be “At that time-Jesus- FULL of joy-through the Holy Spirit-said, 'I praise you-FATHER-Lord of Heaven And earth=because you Have HIDDEN these things From the wise and learned And revealed them To little children Yes Father-for this is What you were PLEASED to do'” Luke 10:21 YES-dear Lord-we PRAY- We SHED every ounce of PRETENSE Within ourselves And we pray That we LIVE with the openness- The honesty- and the HUMILITY Of a child We pray that we live with THE HEART OF A CHILD Dear Lord-let it be Robert P. Wallman 8-12-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick