CHILDLIKE.

I had a revelation while I was putting Noa on timeout. I know. Noa was having a temper tantrum and she slammed the door. It was around 8:30 in the morning and I was NOT in the mood. I placed her in timeout- she was kicking and screaming. Noa's face burned in anger and her eyes were bursting with tears. We were both frustrated and we went into our respective corners.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

When I came back into the room, she was still worked up. "Noa, when you feel yourself getting worked up, you need to express your feelings. You have to follow directions." She stared at me intently. I leaned closer and said, "I love you." I asked her if she was ready to listen. "Ready to listen, mama!" What happened next completely surprised me.

Noa immediately grabbed her toys and said, “play, Mama!”. With beaming eyes and her curved smile, she started to poke me, giggle and carry on like nothing happened. I was floored. She didn’t carry any embarrassment or awkward tension… she went on, unfazed.

For years, I always thought that childlike faith meant that we believed that God could do miraculous things in our life- blessings, favor, all the things. That's only a part of it.

What if the childlike faith is also the faith that God forgives us of our sins and transgressions?  What if we are supposed to believe wholeheartedly that once we repent, our sins are as far from us as the east is to the west? 

How often to do we hold ourselves hostage to the mistakes we made? Even after we asked God to forgive us? Even after we read the scriptures that say He is faithful to forgive us over and over and over again?

Perhaps having faith isn’t just for the things we want, but also in the character of the God, we serve .