My granddaughter and I were watching one of her favorite cartoon series the other day - Dora the Explorer. Dora has a character on her show that always gets into mischief... Swiper the Fox. Swiper seems to have a compulsion for "swiping" things from other people in every episode, and it's up to Dora and her friends (including us in the audience) to keep Swiper in line.
Anyway, I guess my granddaughter was fed up with Swiper on this particular day, because we had a conversation that went something like this:
HER - "Nana, why are some people not nice?"
ME - "I guess they don't know that Jesus loves them and wants them to be nice to everybody."
HER - "Well, I'm gonna turn into a bird, and fly up to Jesus, and tell Him to tell them people to be nice. Then, I'm gonna turn back into me and come back down here."
Isn't it awesome, at 3 1/2 years old, she had the concept of talking to Jesus regarding the people she was angry with instead of turning her back on them? What a lesson for those of us with a little more years under our belts.
Of course, we don't have to turn ourselves into birds and fly to Heaven to have a conversation with Jesus... All we need to do is open our hearts to Him... and our minds to Him... and our ears to Him. It's not enough to tell Him what WE want. We need to be open to what HE wants, too.
And, of course, keep our imaginations open - remember Jesus said, "For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children."
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