Like a Child

Few of the bloggers whom I'm following are young parents, so I got an insight or two of how to handle babies/toddlers.

The thing in common is that when you become a parent, it's as if you live your life again. When you teach and guide your child on the whys, whats, wheres, whens and hows, you relearn everything.

And as you teach your child all these stuff, you realise one thing: you're not practicing any of them at all.

Be generous, share the things that you like with others, be polite, say thank you and sorry, chew when you eat, do not fight, etc etc.

Do we really do all that now? As adults? Some yes, others...well, no.

The most important thing is to have a pure heart. Kindness, straightforwardness, and just be ourselves.

But more often as we grow up and discover the world, we experienced the insecurity, the burden, the fear and we became protective to ourselves. We hide our true selves, we are afraid of other people's judgements, we do things to please others, and we forgot who we are at the end.

So to all young parents, it's like giving them a second chance to live life the way they want it to be, together with their children. The journey ain't easy at all, but you'll find yourself learning a lot from your children.

As a child of God, it's the same as well. In Matthew 18:3, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

As what Joyce Meyer wrote, we should become like little children if we expect to enter the kingdom of God. I believe that one of the things He was telling us is to study the freedom that children enjoy. We definitely need to watch and study children and obey the command of Jesus to be more like them. We all have to grow up and be responsible, but we don't have to stop enjoying ourselves and life. 

In order to do this, parents of the same faith play important role to their children. Because many times when conflicts arise, it's more difficult to handle if the spouses are not standing on the same line. And when it happens, it indirectly influences the growth of their children, especially regarding their emotional side. 

If both parents are on the same side, they are united and they can use this unity to hold onto whatever issues that arise. Pray together, read God's words together, and when their children see the good example that their parents are doing, they will follow the same as well, most of them la. 

That is why a lot of people are advised to marry someone who is of the same faith because whatever their decisions are, they will indirectly influence the attitude and mindset of the next generation. And the next. And the next. 



We teach the younger ones about love. To them love is simple. But when we grow up, we complicate love. That's when broken hearts come into the picture.

Let's learn to be a child and learn about love again.