Normally, children look to adults for guidance and counselling, especially when it comes to learning the most valuable lessons of life. Parents for instance model for their children such important things as forgiveness, acceptance and love by the way that we demonstrate these traits to the little people in our lives.
Have you ever noticed how especially young children tend to soak up such experiences like human sponges? Sometimes I wonder whether adults just get lost in the heightened pace that our lives often seem to be traveling at, and seldom find the time for such reflection and learning.
Christmastime though is one of those magical times of year when adults who are lucky enough and wise enough to look to children for guidance, can learn a whole lot about trust, surrender and the power of a playful spirit to overcome many obstacles.
Charles Dickens knew this power and illustrated it in the heart of Ebenezer Scrooge, one of the most famous characters in English literature, and the source of some of the most powerful lessons about love and its power to change our hearts.
Other examples of the power that children have to change the hearts of those who consider themselves more experienced at the game of life may be found in the countless children's pagents which bring the Nativity to life.
Make some time for children in your life this Christmas. Dare to allow yourself to be taught the most important lessons of the season ... sometimes by the most unexpected of teachers.
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Often God speaks to us through children and often as adults we fail to listen to their wisdom. As people with more experience in life, adults fail to consider the simplicity and honesty of a child's innocent insights. It is those seemingly innocent insights that just may be God's voice.
In my life journey I have been blessed with many opportunities to work with children and experience their wisdom. It is my wish that every day, every adult would open themselves to a child's wisdom. Imagine the grace and blessings this would bring to our world.
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