Like A Little Child
As part of our recent trip to Senegal, Africa, the group I was traveling with was invited to attend a weekly "Kids Club" gathering in one of the nearby villages. At least a hundred kids turned up for it. They sang, danced, played games, listened intently to the story the children's pastor told, learned a memory verse about obeying their parents, and then hung around afterward, laughing, playing, and running amok. I was reminded once again how children everywhere act in similar ways, despite their circumstances, culture, etc. They have a way of looking at the world, experiencing joy, and employing play that gets lost along the way toward adulthood, sadly so. Henry Ward Beecher once wrote: “Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.” It is a striking image. Children, in their openness and wonder, show us a posture toward God that adults often forget. They do not arrive with carefully curated résumés or theological ar...
