Tuesday’s Devotion: Spiderman Discarded

1 Corinthians 13:11  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

Last week someone in the neighborhood put a Spiderman sleeping bag out for trash pickup.  I thought, one more childhood hero set aside. When I was growing up I wanted to fly like Superman and ride and sharp shoot like Annie Oakley. Ok, I really haven’t gotten over that!  Still as we grow up we do put aside some things of childhood for more serious pursuits. We accumulate responsibility and related stresses. We take up adult habits not all of them good. The good news is that God gives us permission to retain some childlike qualities. That’s good news medically also.  Attitude has a lot to do with ageing.  Thinking young can help us stay young.  According to the Gospels of Luke and Mark, Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Children love simply and are reliant on others for their wellbeing.  For us to enter the Kingdom of God we must simply love Jesus and trust in God daily for all that we have.

Father God, In the midst of all our adult cares and responsibilities, help us to find the simple joy and love of a child. Amen.