Lyle's Blog

Jesus said that if we’re to enter the kingdom of heaven, we have to become like little children. What are children like? Are they perfect? No, of course they’re not. What they have is a desire for a relationship with their father and mother. If they have a need, they ask and actually expect mom and dad to supply it. They trust; they don’t have any reason not to. I remember my son would stand watching me leave in the morning and he knew when I came home. He wanted to see me. Ditto for me other kids. This is how we’re supposed to be with God, looking for his return and can’t wait till He does. Just simple love; that’s what He wants. If He says something we do it. My children knew I wasn’t going to have them do something that would hurt them. God wants us to trust Him that same way. He wants us to laugh and enjoy His company just like little children. We brought little children into the world for our pleasure. God does the same thing. We were created for His pleasure. He wants to bless us and give us life more abundantly. Imagine that God loves us and wants the best for us. It just doesn’t get better than that. So my new goal is to act more like a child, to believe what God says, and trust Him for everything. When you think about it, there is no one else besides Him; it is He we will stand before at our end. Remember that He is our loving father and after that last breath we want Him to know us intimately and tell us “well done”.