Children

Guess what I did? Okay, well, tonight we went over to Sarah's for a movie. But the movie wasn't the great part. She began speaking in child, you know, like infancy speech. And naturally you kinda wanna join in. That was the great part. Children are so energetic, and when you act like a child, not acting childish, but trying to be a five year oldish, it seems to rub off. We just don't get excited like we did when we were children. Sure, we can add and subtract and multiply and spell and speak with sophistication and plan our own stuff and have relationships...well maybe, but we lose innocence to get there. I mean, sure, we aren't born innocent because we screwed up way back when, but as we age we become more and more guilty. And it starts to show in life. Kids will talk turkey, holding almost nothing back. If they think they can trust you, and they know you, you can have the most real, honest, and ridiculous conversations you've ever had. In acting, we auditioned for a play. Everyone will get in, but whether everyone will get what they want is entirely different. One of the two plays though is about friends, and it sparatically follows them through life. Childhood and adulthood and all the places in between. Not in order. It jumps around a lot. But it still covers. You find so much out about the characters in the scenes where they are younger. Children. Real. Before they become socially savvy. Before they know what's 'acceptable'. I'd think I'd rather be a child then the age I am now. But I've already been there. It's done. What am I going to be like when I'm 25? 'Oh man, I wish I were 16 again'. Silly cycles. But that's how life works, right? That's why history is doomed to repeat itself. Until someone breaks the cycle. God breaks the cycle. Once upon a time, we were stuck like a stick in mud, or a hot dog in a pot, in a cycle that sucked horribly and was inescapable to us. We were told jhow to stop it for a bit, but it always came back. Sin was unavoidable. Sin, sacrifice, sanitized. Over and over again. God thought, 'Well, I really love these people, but I cannot be unjust in their favour, because then I wouldn't be me. That would be as though the earth's gravity suddenly reversed, sending everything away from it into space. I cannot do that.' Then Jesus said,' Hey dad, if those animals that they sacrifice can take away one sin, then a perfect sacrifice could make them good again. Forever, right?' So that's what they did, and forever broke that cycle. It's going to break again. God will come back to earth, and everything will change so that nothing will be like it is now, just as nothing is as it was then. It will be fun. I hear when this next day comes, it will be a day of dread and of fear. Like a stew on a slow cooker, his wrath will be ready to unleash. It is kinda scary. So, when that comes, I wanna be something he likes. A lot. When he was physically here, he loved the children. Why did he love the children? Go play with one. Build a sand castle or look at the boats. You'll see. I wanna be like that. Innocent. Real. Energetic. Unafraid. This movie night made my day. It was a good movie, but as you know, that wasn't why. I was reminded of what it was like to be a child. It's refreshing. Especially when I know that I'm God's child. So if I'll always be God's child, why try to be more? I like it here. I want to be a better child. 'God's foolishness is wiser than man's greatest wisdom'. Maybe some see children as foolish. Maybe they are the smartest ones of our time.