{"id":265,"date":"2019-10-07T13:41:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scribewalker.com\/?p=265"},"modified":"2019-10-07T13:41:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:41:31","slug":"as-a-little-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/as-a-little-child\/","title":{"rendered":"As a Little Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Seeing through the eyes of a child<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Whew, what a week! We have our four year old grandson with\nus and it is hectic. I’d forgetten what it is like to have a little child in\nthe house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it’s fun, and full of lessons about our walk with our\nheavenly Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one thing, everything around him inspires wonder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As adults we get so used to the miracles that surround us\neach day that we miss the wonder of it all. Yet the intricate way in which the\nweavers in our garden weave their nests, the tiny buds that form on branches,\nlong bare and barren through the winter months, the way a little insect knows\nto scurry away as I put a finger near are all wonders of God’s creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though there might be scientific explanations for all\nthese things, it in no way detracts from the marvel. The laws themselves, dreamed\nup by God from nothing, should inspire awe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, my little grandson’s every second sentence is\npunctuated by “Why?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Why does this come apart?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So we can clean this bit and not the bit with the\nengine.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Why?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Because water will stop the engine working.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 “Why?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so on ad\ninfinitum.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But without a clue about electricity, how does one explain\nabout water shorting the works?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes me realise that God probably has the same problem\nwith us. How often, with our very limited understanding of the true nature of\nthings,  do we ask the question\n“Why, God?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That probably explains why He seldom answers the question, but graces us with His presence, His comfort and His love. As I say, in God in the ICU: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There is a deep\nmystery in suffering. Nowhere does God say He will protect us from it. What He\ndoes promise, however is that He will walk with us through it.. Many people,\nhaving experienced great suffering through bereavement, persecution, financial\nhardship or illness testify that those were the times they felt closest to\nGod.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s usually how He answers our question, “Why?”\nand sometimes (often, actually), I just have to do the same with my grandson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seeing through the eyes of a child Whew, what a week! We have our four year old grandson with us and it is hectic. I’d forgetten what it is like to have a little child in the house. But it’s fun, and full of lessons about our walk with our heavenly Father. For one thing, … <\/p>\n

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