When was the last time you watched a little child listening and responding to the comments of a parent? The simplicity of a child's worldview is astounding. Sure they have their moments of rebellion and fussing, but don't we all? Their innocent faith, on the other hand, is something we adults seem to rarely exhibit in our own lives.
As we grow older, we tend to mistake knowledge for wisdom. The more we know, (or think we know) the more we tend to be skeptical and doubting. We lose that innocent faith in others we once had way back in our own childhood. Whenever people disappoint you, and theories bombard you, the temptation is to stop placing full confidence in God.
Adam and Eve were tempted to drift away from that place of childlike faith in God, and they decided to follow that spirit for awhile. What about you? Do you often find yourself "happy in the Lord" because you know you can trust Him in all things? Or do you find yourself to be more of "grumpy goose" and a critic when it comes to the Lord and the Bible? If so, where did you lose your way? Read more
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