"I hate turtlenecks." My eight-year-old tugged at the neckline of his shirt. It was Sunday morning and my sports-minded child wasn't happy about wearing something other than a soccer shirt.
"Hon, that's not a turtleneck. It's just a shirt with a collar." In fact it wasn't even a dress shirt, it was a casual shirt.
I watched the antics of my youngest child while sipping a glass of orange juice. He continued pulling at his sky blue collared shirt as we got ready to leave for church. "You're going to wear that shirt."
My son flopped onto the family room couch. "Collars are for dogs."
I took a deep breath. What was this child going to think of next?
How often do we complain to God? "I don't like this" or "This doesn't feel comfortable". But God knows what is best for us every day of our lives. When we know Jesus as our personal Savior, we are His children. The Bible encourages child-like faith, not childish behavior.
At times we can be childish in our attitudes. Let's take a good look at our lives today and learn from God so we can grow up and become mature Christians.
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things." I Corinthians 13:11
"So Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground." I Samuel 3:19
"The works of the LORD are great. Studied by all who have pleasure in them." Psalm 111:2
3 comments:
poor Joel...i can relate to the dislike of collars! ♥ nice analogy though!
I absolutly love that verse; When I was a child..... Thank you for remindnig me of it. Also thank you for reminding me not to complain. I try not to but sometimes I forget.
My oldest son is like yours. He hates to dress up for Church. My youngest one however likes to look sharp. He puts on a nice collared shirt with a sweater over it and we don't even have to tell him. I think he likes it because he can dress like that at church and it is the only place that no one picks on him for not dressing "in style" (ghetto style that is)
Poor thing. Thanks for making me smile.I love what he said about dogs.
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