#4 With faith like a child

So yesterday I talked about trust, and how we don't really trust God too much. Well, I thought about it more and I thought of a really good illustration to explain it. Or at least, I think it's good. So that's good enough. I think. Anyway...

When Rebekah was 4 years old we became pregnant with Joshua. Now telling a 4 year old you have a baby in your tummy can be a confusing thing. I can just now see Bekah looking really confused, asking, "There's a baby. In your tummy?" Well, yes, there is. "What did you eat?" See, confusing for a four year old.

She probably didn't believe us for a while, what with the whole stomach/uterus dilemma (and I was NOT going there yet) until mommy's stomach started to grow. She may have started believing us then, or she may have thought mommy was spending too much time at Sonic. Don't know. But she still was having a problem trusting us. Even though we told her, and she could see the effects, she still wasn't quite sure.

And then happened that special moment during any pregnancy, the kick. Or as I call it, alien spawn clawing its way out through the belly. When Bekah was able to put her hand on Nikki's stomach and feel Joshua kick her, she truly believed. Her eyes got wide, a big smile, and "I felt it Mommy! There IS a baby in your tummy!" Joshua still kicks her by the way, just harder now. With shoes on.

The important thing here is this, Rebekah trusted us. Well, she trusted Nikki. I tended to not be entirely truthful in all of my life lessons (yes, tapioca really is spiders' eggs). But even though she trusted us, there was doubt. Then, when she could see the evidence of this alleged baby in stomach, she trusted a little more, but there was still doubt. It wasn't until she could physically touch this life with her hand, to really feel the existence of the baby that she truly believed.

We're like that a lot, or at least I am. God will do amazing things in my life, and I see the effects daily. He is blessing me and my family more than we could imagine. But it's all behind the scenes. It's in the wind, it's out of sight, so there's a little bit of disbelief there. If I saw a burning bush I probably wouldn't really believe it until my hand was burnt.

And that's the problem. We're too busy trying to feel it, to feel God, to feel something spiritually, to feel the Spirit move, that we can't take time to simply enjoy the presence of God, and to know that He surrounds us. God has great blessings in store for us, ready to pour out on us. I simply need to trust that what He says is true, and that I can learn to truly believe.