4 year olds
Today at church, I spent extended session with 4 year olds. At snack time, we had to pray and one little boy Nathan, who I kept calling Alexander, volunteered. Wow! His prayer was outside of a 4 year old's little prayer box. It was adorable and so sincere. Jayde said something to me about Nathan being a preacher one day. So, while eating snack I decided to ask the kids what they wanted to be when they grew up. All day, I have been pondering over these precious, innocent answers.
I asked the first little girl, Olivia, and she said "a princess." My heart skipped a beat, and I thought it was going to stop right then and there. I wanted to hang on to that moment, grab her by her tiny hands and tell her to cling to that dream. I so desperately wanted to be able to tell her not to let go. I wanted to tell her how we can live a fairy tale, be a beautiful princess and have a Prince Charming. I wanted her to know that her daddy can't change that, boys can't change that, her brother can't change that... only she can. She can allow loves of the world to corrupt her dream. It's too easy to lose the grip and let it slip away.
I was describing the girls' answers to my mom and I said, "All of the girls answers were..." And my mom said, "Girlish?" Then I got stopped and thought "Are they really girlish or are they God-given?" We all dream, boys and girls alike. We all dream of adventure and excitement. Girls dream of being a princess, and boys deep down, dream of being a Prince, a warrior... the hero. They want to save the damsel in distress, and they want to be brave and stand when everyone else is bowing, but the world has taught them otherwise. The world has trained us to give up way too soon. We can all have these God-breathed dreams, but it's all by His power, His strength and His grace to let us live in a world that is seemingly fairy-tale like... or actually maybe more like Heaven on earth. It comes from believing Him, obeying Him, loving Him and letting Him bring to life our hearts desires. It might not be exactly like Disney, but it will be beyond what we could even begin to fathom or imagine. We'd be a fulfilled people. Our God's story would be able to finally shine brilliant in our mere human lives.
I asked the first little girl, Olivia, and she said "a princess." My heart skipped a beat, and I thought it was going to stop right then and there. I wanted to hang on to that moment, grab her by her tiny hands and tell her to cling to that dream. I so desperately wanted to be able to tell her not to let go. I wanted to tell her how we can live a fairy tale, be a beautiful princess and have a Prince Charming. I wanted her to know that her daddy can't change that, boys can't change that, her brother can't change that... only she can. She can allow loves of the world to corrupt her dream. It's too easy to lose the grip and let it slip away.
I was describing the girls' answers to my mom and I said, "All of the girls answers were..." And my mom said, "Girlish?" Then I got stopped and thought "Are they really girlish or are they God-given?" We all dream, boys and girls alike. We all dream of adventure and excitement. Girls dream of being a princess, and boys deep down, dream of being a Prince, a warrior... the hero. They want to save the damsel in distress, and they want to be brave and stand when everyone else is bowing, but the world has taught them otherwise. The world has trained us to give up way too soon. We can all have these God-breathed dreams, but it's all by His power, His strength and His grace to let us live in a world that is seemingly fairy-tale like... or actually maybe more like Heaven on earth. It comes from believing Him, obeying Him, loving Him and letting Him bring to life our hearts desires. It might not be exactly like Disney, but it will be beyond what we could even begin to fathom or imagine. We'd be a fulfilled people. Our God's story would be able to finally shine brilliant in our mere human lives.
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