Children Praying, Children Worshipping

Check out this video of children praying. wow.

some of their prayers are awkward, and yet they are so beautiful despite their awkwardness! the beauty comes from the heart behind it. ..... so who are we to think sometimes that we don't pray 'well enough'?

i used to see this kind of thing with a lot of cynicism.... i mean, how could little kids pray or worship, really? they're so young, they don't have a clue about how things work....

but hello, that's the whole point! to have faith like a child. i mean, it's not like they are UNable to understand who God is, and what He has saved them from, and where He is taking them in life! that is simple, simple stuff. and it confounds the wise....

one thing that's done lots to change my mindset about this kind of stuff has been happening in my own church. there are a couple 10-12 year old boys who, week after week, spend worship on their knees at the 'altar' (we don't really have one, we're in a gym, but you know what i mean!)....thing is, i know one of these kids pretty well. he is *not* the kind of kid to 'stick around' if he's bored. he's *not* the kind of kid who would be able to keep it up, week after week, for an hour or more each sunday, if he were 'pretending'..... with him, it would have to be genuine. and i know his heart towards God.... whoa, man. this is one 11 year old who is gonna be an awesome man of God when he's grown up.

so these days, i see something like this video through different eyes than i used to. i guess, like i wrote about the rainbows yesterday, my vision is being colored by God's rainbow.....

thank God that we can never be so stuck in one mindset that He cannot release us from it!