
Faith in God is not finite, manageable or easily definable. Faith is different from one person to the next, not always explainable or easy to concretely understand. The older we get, the more barriers we construct that affect our faith in God. Life becomes more rational and less imaginative. We limit ourselves because we begin trying to rationalize faith and God in general. When Jesus confronted this way of thinking He responded with, "Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." Mark 10:15 Basically, what he was saying is something like, "Stop trying to rationalize all of this! Accept faith for what it is and be blown away by the mystery of it all!" Kids get it! We don't!
When we begin to look at God and faith through a much simpler perspective, we open the limitless door of imagination and creativity and in essence, this expands our view of God. Let's face it. God is not tangible. He's not easily figured out. As hard as we try, He won't fit into the compartmentalized boxes that we build for our lives. Only with great imagination can we begin to grasp that which is so incredibly difficult to grasp with our limited minds. Kids see the world through eyes of wonder, and if they are going to build a healthy view of the wonderful world around them, they have to see Him with wonder as well. Let us not allow ourselves to limit the imagination and creativity in the minds of the kids in our lives. And if we pay attention, we might learn something from them as well.
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