Grow up!

have you ever had someone tell you to "grow up!"

In some cases that's appropriate, because grown ups have to make grown up decisions, and live in the grown up world.

But the Lord says to have faith like a child. (Matthew 18:3-4)

Have you ever walked through a store where you see to your right the "toy section", and you want so badly to see the toys, but another part of you says, "no, you're too old for that".  With a giggle in my sentence, some of you might be old enough to have kids, so you can get away with the justification of looking at the toy section for your "kids".  I end up going down the aisles anyway, not really concerned of how "grown up" I am or should be... toys are FUN!

Take that concept with your "faith".  You want to live it out with such joy and excitement, and energy, and love, but sometimes we "grow up" in our faith and forget to keep the essence of a childlike faith, not questioning God so much, not trying so much to take matters into our own hands...etc...

So YES, continue to "GROW UP"

But also continue to "grow in your childlike faith also.  GO THROUGH THE TOY DEPARTMENT!  Push the shape buttons on the preschool steering wheel, flip through the coloring books, even maybe purchase one and color pictures and put them on your fridge or mail to a friend.  why not?