Day 2058 – Unfettered Joy – or Childlike Faith

Posted on February 28, 2015 by 365 days of marriage

Yesterday, I found an old photo from my visit to Disneyland. It was when I was riding the teacups and just laughing with joy at how fast I was going. I swear I will be like a child until the day I die. But I don’t think this is a bad thing.

“At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:1-4

This verse gives my childlike heart such joy. On the outer layer, you can think, alright, being a kid is great, it’s ok to act like a kid. Wooo hoo!!!

But there is a much deeper, much harder truth to this. If we can strip away out “adult” minds and our “learned minds” and break life down to a simple, child like faith, we are asking ourselves to believe much.

Take away the big words and the big thoughts and our belief comes down to this:

We were created by God
We were bad (sinned)
God is good and can’t be with bad
Because God loves us, sent Jesus to pay for our bad
If we believe Jesus did that, we are good
When we are good, God does good for us
Everything that happens to us is for our good

I mean, think about the weight of that last statement and believing that like a child. There is no explaining it with big words, there is no deep thought. God says He works all things together for our good and we believe that. That’s it.

Oh Lord, let it be that my heart is ever simple and only focused on You.

And thanks for Disney, that was mighty nice of ya. 🙂

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Day 1715 – Kid At Heart

Posted on March 22, 2014 by 365 days of marriage

Last night, we celebrated the birthday of my cousin Brandon! He turned 21. Wow, I still remember when he was a kid. Seems like only yesterday. It was a great night of chilling with friends and family.

I had been wearing my Mickey ears during the day…at home…for no reason other than it makes me smile.

Did I take them off when it was time to leave?

Oh heck no. I wore them on the drive over and the whole night. 🙂 I was the oldest one there and acted the youngest.

May you always do the same. 🙂

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Day 1648 – My Adventures In Disneyland

Posted on January 14, 2014 by 365 days of marriage

The day before we left California, I went to Disneyland with our friend Crystal! I cannot put into words how much fun it was, but I’ll try with a few words and pictures!

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So cool seeing Mary Poppins after just seeing Saving Mr. Banks a few weeks ago!

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I want to say here that it was awesome going with someone who had been to Disneyland many times. She was able to walk me through everything….and talk me into things I didn’t realize I wanted. Thanks Crystal!

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The first thing she talked me into was Mouse Ears. I’m obviously very happy with this decision.

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What was even better was that I could get MY name on them! I don’t know about you….but my name isn’t very common. Even a shortened version (Jen or Jenny) is rare to find on those personalized racks. I love Jennifers, I do….but that’s not my name. Soooo happy Jennilyn is now on something I own. 🙂

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While we were waiting for my hat, we rode the teacups! I had a blast! Laughing like a little kid. My friend has the video, so I’ll have to bug her about that….for now, here are a few pictures!

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After the teacups….she said I had to see this Jedi training thing….ok, cool! I love Star Wars. It’s training for kids 4-12…after a few minutes, I’m like, eh, I’m ok if we move on. Crystal said, oh….you don’t want to see Darth Vader? At this point my mouth was hanging open and I quickly said, OH! Nevermind!!!

Then this happened….

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