I was watching one of the BBC Chronicles of Narnia movies with my kids recently. One of the little girls tells the other characters in the story that she has seen Aslan, the great Lion King, pass by. Sightings of Aslan are rare and precious and the other characters don’t really believe her. They claim, “You only think you saw him.”
Her reply is priceless, especially for someone like me who is living with the word CHILDLIKE for a year.
“Don’t talk like a grown-up. I don’t think. I KNOW.”
Guard yourself against being the type of grown-up that likes to dumb-down rare and precious sightings, to take the wind out of sails, to deny the unbelievable. Maybe we don’t see the glorious living we’re promised or the extravagant work of God in our lives because we don’t want to. We’re so busy telling people why it couldn’t possibly happen that we completely miss that it just did happen.
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LOVE IT MANDY! I cant get enough of your insight! Thank you so much… I think I have secretly stole your idea of trying to be childlike this year and am trying to do that with my life also! LOTS OF FUN!
Thanks Stephanie. I’m happy to have someone seeking to be childlike with me. It can be hard as an adult at times.