Trust...

Trust – verb: have confidence or faith in

Proverbs 22:19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.

I’ve always enjoyed teaching Sunday school, especially during the Christmas season. For the last 16 or so years, my classes have consisted of 3 year old toddlers to high school seniors. I’ve found that children can have such a hard time imaging adults as babies… but they don’t have any problem envisioning baby Jesus in a manger. Kids can accept and welcome Jesus into their hearts so easily. They trust Him.

When we (grown-ups) were younger, we just knew that we would be taken care of – either by our parents, our teachers, our grandparents, God – someone would rescue us if things got too bad. When we get older, it becomes too easy to turn cynical… to lose faith in mankind – sometimes even in God. Life can become so hard that we feel like we can’t depend on anyone but ourselves. I know - I’ve felt like that myself. But, the thing is… it doesn’t have to be like that!

Comfort can come from within us, but it also can surround us every minute of every day. All we need to do is open our hearts once again and accept the love Jesus is offering us… with that same faith we had as children. Trust is all it takes.