Childlike Faith....

Last night I was at the Inman's , which is the family that is moving to Africa that I talked about in a couple blogs ago.  I walked in to their oldest daughter's room who is ten, and her mother asked her "Ok what toys do you want to take with us to Africa?" Keep in mind they don't know how long they will be there!  It could be up to ten years!  And she pointed to a few items on her bed and said right here.  She had a jewelry box, two journals, her American Girl doll, and a few small other things! When I was ten I would've been grabbing every toy I could have found and shoved it in a bag! But at her age she understands what is really important in life, and the reason that they are going to Africa!  Her and I were packing her American Girl dolls up, and I asked her about school...and she went on to tell me that she liked school, however she did not like how they talked about all of these other god's.  She said "I don't see why we talk about all those other god's....we should only be talking about the one true God.  Because He is the only God and He is the most important.  And we should worship only Him."  Oh man....the sincerity of that precious girl.  You know so many times children don't get enough credit.  This precious girl knows something at the age of ten, that I didn't truly understand until I was 16 years old.  We need to learn from them...we should take a step back, and learn from the younger ones in our lives.  The one's who have "childlike faith". This sweet child of God understands that their family moving to the bush of Africa, is for the glory of God and that they don't need material things to satisfy them.  She understands that there is one and only one true God, and He is to be praised above all else.  So as I live my life, I desire to learn from these children of God, and to have a childlike faith!