Wednesday, February 27, 2013

EXCEPT YE BE CONVERTED AND BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN

       Jesus said, "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of God"

   I once saw a poster for a blood driver which illustrates what Jesus was saying here.  I used to be a blood donor, while I still worked for the Federal Government.  The poster show a couple of new born babies.  Underneath, the caption read:  'These babies may not be yours, but they may be your type.'
But I was struck by the innocence of the children, and was struck  by the awareness that God wants us to become like Children.  We need to have simple child-like faith and trust in God, and in our fellow man.
    To often when we grow up to adulthood, we are stuck on ourselves.  We think we are the Cat's meow, and that we are going to take the world by storm.  However, most often we crash and burn, and fail miserably.   We don't know that We don't know.
    The only remedy, is that we stop ourselves, and humble ourselves and realize that the only things we really know in life is what God says to us, and what the Bible tells us.  Then we can have that faith in God as a child.  This will be pleasing to God and will honor him. 

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