I found my very first Bible that I have had since '91. I sat looking through it's pages and my heart swelled with prescious memories. Since I was five years old, that book was the most important possession I had. You can look inside at the cover pages and see the handwriting of a little girl who loved Jesus and thought non-stop of heaven and being there with God someday. I wrote verses referring to Jesus' coming and what I was to do while I waited for Him in the cover of my Bible when I was only five. My mom said that I used to scare her because I was constantly talking about heaven and angels.It's sad that as I have grown older my thoughts are not so consumed by heaven. It's sad too that when I was younger anything was truly possible and I knew that anything I asked God for, He would always answer me. I had a faith that amazes me. I want that faith that I had as a child. It was an extreme faith! Wow, to have the faith of a child...
(This picture is of my cousin. As you can see he has only one arm. I have learned so much from this five year old prescious little boy this week! At dinner today he asked if I could be the one to pray because "I have never prayed before." I didn't voice my thoughts of "sweetheart, I have been praying since I was your age and even before.")
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It's very late and I cannot sleep. So, I have once again returned to blogger land to occupy my mind because it refuses to sleep. I was reading your post and had looked at the picture but had not noticed that your cousing only has one arm. I was too fixated on what was in the one he has. I was fixated on the tree and wanting to know why he was holding it and what it was and the like. When I got to that point in your post I was actually jolted by the realization. Then, I really believe the Holy Spirit spoke something to me in that. Just that we need to see our others like that all the time (and even ourselves). Not focused on the lack but on the life that is in their hands. Questioning and studying what it is that they have in their hand to offer the world.
Anyway, I hope that made some sort of sense. It was a neat God moment for me anyway! :)
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