It’s something about watching my son grow and explore life that makes me wish my faith was as strong as his. A child like faith. He takes risks in touching anything and running full speed. He has no fear in what is ahead. He just wants to explore and test the limits of gravity. No matter how hard he might fall, he gets back up and tries from a different angle. I, on the other hand, over think and over analyze everything.
As a child I remember thinking… when I grow up. When I grow up, I’m going to stay up late and eat all the junk food, I’m going to say yes to all the things my parents said no to. When I grow up… Now that I have grown up, yes I can eat what I want, but the pounds that come along with the junk food don’t fall off like they once did. A mid-day nap is something I cherish and although I hate to admit it at times, I’m now grateful for the no’s of my parents then.
I remember my grandmother always telling me to not rush life. Now that I am older, the same 24 hours in a day don’t seem as long.
Those conversations as a child when I was told to go to another room and “let grown folks talk” are now the same conversations that I find myself sitting at the table being a part of the discussed solution. Sometimes I wish I could go back and let the “grown folks talk”. I have learned that I might not be able to go back in time and be a kid again, but I can try to live life from a new perspective and not rush the moments but learn how to truly embrace the now. “NOW” is all we really have. Although I can’t be a kid again, I can have a kid like faith by watching my SONshine be a kid.
Hebrews 11:1 NIV Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
