As many of you have heard or read from my wife’s blog that my company downsized and so I am out looking for a job. Well during the same time my oldest two children have started public school. So we as a family have been spending the week trying to become adjusted to the new schedule and new demands of the public school life and needs. Well one evening as the kids were preparing for the following day we decided that since we had arrived home so late from church that we would allow them to buy their lunch the next school day so that they could just hurry up and get into bed. Well my oldest daughter was dead set against this because of my current job situation. She begged me to let her use her own money, that she could cover the two dollars and that way I could save mine. I was so touched inside by her awareness, generosity, and willingness to give of herself for others and for the family.

But what also struck me is that this is what Christ was referring to in so many ways when He instructed us to have a childlike faith.  My daughter is not worried about how the light bill is going to be paid or how the mortgage is going to be paid because she has unyielding faith that Dad is going to provide these things.  And to be honest she does not understand all of the things that go on around all of that, but she understand her little world and she was willing to sacrifice her money to help in the only way she knew how.  She has the faith to let her earthly father worry about the things that she cant control and the love to be obedient in the things that she can control. 

Isn’t that us as adults, there are things that we cant control, things we don’t understand, and a few small things that we will sacrifice (as long as it does not hurt to much.)  It is a hard thing to learn, that is to humble ourselves to the point of giving up control (or the facade of control that we think we have.)  We must be as the children and trust our Heavenly Father to provide and to protect.  I bet if you examine your life you will see more of His guidance and more of His protection than you realized at the time of each incident in your life.  

Are you willing to let go fully and let God take full control?  Wherever, Whatever, Whenever?

God Bless ~ Tyler