Today’s Thought Children at Play G. Ward

“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.” Isaiah 1:18

Time has a way in revealing how uncertainty will soon be made clear. Most however, rarely are considerate of such when facing an uncertain future (dilemma obscures peaceable potential). Unknowingly, many have been perpetuators (even up to antagonism), regarding other’s ability to recover from uncertain moments. I’ll refer to this on today as an unnecessary competiveness. My eldest son (for example) was walking at 6 months old. Moreover, his vocabulary was quite extensive at 1 years and he was fully potty trained shortly thereafter (no embellishment). Many of our comrades marveled at his progression and prognosticated his future as in-ordinary, including an aptitude higher than most. Our second son (4.5 years later) demonstrated some of the same characteristics, yet didn’t desire walking until he was 14 months old and wasn’t potty trained until he was 14 (I’m kidding of course)! Today, both are equally as successful although the first group of cheerleaders diminished with the second birth. Our compelling as parents to these, determined that our guidance must continue regardless of outside factions (cf. Dt.6:4-7).

Altogether, what we discover is our pursuit in life is environmental (i.e. what we’re exposed to); if strongly encouraged while young, productivity in our later years are less arduous. As believers, we have great responsibility to help (via sharing the most excellent message of reconciliation) others see that Holy God desires (cf.2 Pe.3:9) a love relationship with them individually that supersedes our adopting the heaviness in life’s circumstances (cf. Mt.11:29-30), by considering “Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, ²¹ to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever” (Eph.3:20-21). Happy Friday!