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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Childlike is not Childish

 "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." ~ Matthew 18:3

"...the kingdom of God is within you." ~ Luke 17:21

I found myself reflecting on the nature of "maturity" today - and that innate wisdom which helps us to navigate through challenging situations.  Although there are things in our lives which require intricacy and depth, maturity is actually a bit of a paradox - it contains a childlike component that is the very opposite of the childish. 

We can all regress to childishness at times, and we can no doubt observe far too many examples of people who never seem to emerge from it. 

But the more we surrender to a "childlike" state in life, that space of wonder, openness, innocence and mystery, the more wisdom we'll discover. 

 

 

Shadow Play photo by Susan Larison Danz.

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