Loved this reflection. I am so grateful for the gift of children, that their instinctive language is joy and wonder. My son is also five, and we feel this sense of awe and aliveness constantly.
Since watching David and then being drawn back to the books of Samuel and the Psalms, I have been struck by how David continued to live from this same posture, with a heart turned toward God. I know this comes naturally to children, but we are all God’s children at heart.
I want more and more of this, to live from that place as His.
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, AJ. It is this “instinctive language of joy and wonder” that I want to continue to relearn. There is a tendency to lose both as we get older. Your David example is fitting too. Certainly not perfect by any stretch, but he gives us a picture of someone who knows what it is like to come back to God again and again in joy and wonder.
Loved this reflection. I am so grateful for the gift of children, that their instinctive language is joy and wonder. My son is also five, and we feel this sense of awe and aliveness constantly.
Since watching David and then being drawn back to the books of Samuel and the Psalms, I have been struck by how David continued to live from this same posture, with a heart turned toward God. I know this comes naturally to children, but we are all God’s children at heart.
I want more and more of this, to live from that place as His.
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, AJ. It is this “instinctive language of joy and wonder” that I want to continue to relearn. There is a tendency to lose both as we get older. Your David example is fitting too. Certainly not perfect by any stretch, but he gives us a picture of someone who knows what it is like to come back to God again and again in joy and wonder.