Hearts Like Children

15 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." Mark 10:15 I am amazed at the way this can apply to our lives here on earth... we cannot see the kingdom (Cannot appreciate God's will and His blessings) unless we have hearts like children that are not contaminated by our stubborn ways of thinking.

I recently watched the first episodes of the old series Different Strokes, in which Arnold & Willis had just moved into Mr. Drummond's house. Arnold was so excited about his new home and having all the new toys and things that he could only have dreamed of, while Willis was angry he couldn't appreciate any of it and he couldn't feel happy. He wanted to go back to where he came from. Ultimately, he didn't trust Mr. Drummond.

I need God's grace to become more like Arnold and to trust God with the trust of a child in every circumstance.

I want to have a pure heart and be able to see things more like God; appreciate the seasons in my life and experience things in the way that He would want me to experience them and learn and grow from all of it so that even in the trials I can still say I am victorious, and my loss becomes my gain as I yield to Him.

I need your grace Lord. I don't know how to live this life sometimes... but thank you because you are God, whose faithfulness is unfailing, and whose mercy renews every morning.

I want to give you my life completely, help me, show me, strengthen me to walk with you in a way that is pleasing to you. And forgive me for all my rebellions and sins.