January 2009, Faith Like a Child

Dear Family, 

 

Throughout my life music has been a central force.  It has helped make bad days good and good days great. Music has breathed life into my being by reminding me of my position in the Kingdom of God.  Over the years there have been a few CDs that found their way into my player or onto my iPod.  Last week I found myself listening to one of those songs, Like a Child, on Jars of Clay's first album; the chorus to this song is: 

 

  They say that I can move the mountains 

  And send them crashing to the sea 

  They say that I can walk on water 

  If I would follow and believe 

  With faith like a child 

 

This past year I have been able to learn about faith from a dear friend--I think she is my hero, well, at least a  role model.  I see her laughing in the face of danger while singing joyfully to her King.  I believe she is a super hero; her true identity is hidden in the body of four-year-old Sugar Mama.  This beautiful child dances when she wants to, giggles with sheer joy, sings the words she knows at the top of her lungs, and I want to be just like her when I grow up.  Faith like a child looks like Sugar Mama; she does not know justification from sanctification--she just is.  

 

“Miss Candy, dance with me.” 

 

“Ok,” and we dance, spinning, laughing, smiling, and falling to the floor from the fun.  I love this kid.  Her relationship to the world is what I want with the Lord.  If there is music, she dances.  If God speaks, I act.  Faith is not that simple in my life.  I often like to wait it out, look at my options, wrestle with what I want; I rarely ever just act.  When God is writing the symphony and choreographing the dance, why do I hesitate and, at times, fail to join the movement?  Because sometimes I forget to be like Sugar Mama and have faith like a child. 

 

This new year pray that I have faith like a child and join the dance with no hesitations!