And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3
“When I was ten I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
C.S. Lewis in Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1966) 38.
Happy 50th Birthday to my wife, Jenni. I am thankful that she has childlike faith and loves fairy tales.
More times than I can count people have asked me what my wife is like. Jenni has a radiant beauty and unmatched humility to obey even the most difficult aspects of the Christian faith. She’s godly, loving, thoughtful, caring, and shines for Jesus like no one else I know. She likes time alone when I travel and welcoming me warmly when I get home.
When I saw the bridge (pictured above) while riding a boat between Shadow Mountain Reservoir and Grand Lake two days ago with the GTP team, I thought of her as she lives her life as a bridge between people and God connecting them together. If you have not already subscribed to her Soulcare Anchoress Spigot, click to do so. It’s the best fortnightly post on the planet.
Why share this mediation today? The only way to exhibit Christian generosity is to have childlike faith. Don’t listen to me in this regard. Listen to Jesus. Put your life completely in His care if you want to show the world that He can be trusted to care for them. Childlike faith is not a weakness as the world might say, it’s a learned strength. Do you have it?