Do you remember the way you were so wild & free? Remember how you twirled underneath the night sky all those summer nights. How about those afternoons you would lay in the tall green grass dreaming your time away – wondering what your life would hold. You always said you would never take anything to seriously but instead would laugh always. At some point the world won & you became a bit more serious. Instead of staying up late whispering your night away with friends, you were found in bed by eight stressing about tomorrow’s worries. You lost that childlike twinkle in your eyes as you grew older. The world entered and told you it was time to grow up – time to be an adult. That wild, free spirited little girl you once were disappeared – she was nowhere to be found. Suddenly you were an adult who took everything seriously, you let the mountains of this world steal your joy. Remember that spot you went to when you were fifteen – how you would just sit there with wonder in your eyes and behold the beauty around you. Taking in deep breaths of gratitude. Through the years it turned into the spot you went to cry – you yelled out your frustrations and let downs forgetting the beauty of life. When did you decide to let the world define you? Where is that little girl who believed no mountain was too big for her to climb? That little girl who looked at the world with deep wonder wanting to experience life to the fullest – needing to see the depths of the oceans & the length of the forest. The little girl who ran as fast as she could with arms stretched high giggling at the top of her lungs just because she could. I see her – she’s still in you aching to come out. She’s not gone – she’s been there all along waiting patiently for you to realize. Be brave, let the world see her -it’s what’s needed. Not another cookie cutter adult who looses that child within. To see the world through a child’s eyes – now that’s a gift every adult wants. Let that childlike twinkle come back to your eyes. It’s time.
Driving back to the base from the ocean I asked the Father what was upon His heart – what He was saying to me. I pulled out my journal & these are the words that came to mind. One thing I’m being taught on the race is the beauty of being childlike. The Lord is breaking down walls & bringing freedom to me in this area. I challenge you to examine your own life – has the world stolen away the child within you? Has the American dream made it’s way into your heart & now you believe you have to be serious/have it all together? Having that childlikeness as an adult is a gift – don’t let the world steal it from you.
“But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.” Matthew 19:14
