Our Strength-Through the Eyes of a Child

Well, I thought it appropriate to post something on the one year anniversary of my last entry. I thought I would jump into blogging and never look back, but the last year has been nothing I ever expected. I will get into more of that later. I have so much I'm going to post asap, but wanted something for today.
My sweet boy & I were singing in the kitchen a few days ago and started singing "Jesus Loves Me". We were talking about the words and I told him that when it says "they are weak, but He is strong", that it does not mean that children are weak; just that all of us are weak without the strength of Jesus to help us. He said, "I'm glad that Jesus is in Heaven watching over us, because if we didn't have Jesus, we'd all be as weak as an old rock." I smiled at his analogy (thinking to myself that he could have chosen anything to compare to & thought it was interesting that he chose a rock) and told him he was so right.
I thought more about it later and realized just how right he was! Old rocks crumble under pressure, break into a million pieces and can't be put back together to be strong again. We are so like this without the Lord to lean on. I know my strength has been tested so much during all of this illness and at times, I've wanted to just fall to pieces. But, the Lord has spoken to me in ways I've never experienced before and has given me the strength to get up each day and fight to find some good in every day.
Children can see things so perfectly in their simple, innocent, untarnished ways and show us what really matters. They can see the beauty in something so ordinary...the joy in something so simple...love so fully...forgive so quickly...and give an analogy so perfect, that it just hits home. I am so thankful that I am reminded every day, how easy life can be if we just try to live it through the eyes of a child.
Much Love & Laughter...