The Innocence Of A Child

 

The Innocence Of A Child

 

Resilience....yes that's the word I think of as these little ones stand right back up after a fall or skinned knee....as they find the strength and giggles again to carry onward!.............

 

Yes.....to be as that!!! What an example they set!

 

There is a sweetness that comes from weathering trials that a person who has never suffered or persevered through difficulties and disappointments will never have to manifest. We would love nothing more than to protect those we love from those trials, yet in the end, we know they will not be avoided in this world in which we live. In the end of those trials we can become.....BETTER OR BITTER. To choose to allow those times to become better...is to release the sweet ointment of joy, strength, and dignity.

 

We have all met people who drew us to themselves just by who they were without saying a word. There is something special about them....a kindness, a gentility, an empathy that is not always sensed in some. As you draw close to them and indulge in deep conversation with them, you learn of the losses and trials they have endured in life and wonder how they continue to bounce back...time after time.

 

There is a resilience in people like that...a strength that doesn't shout or demand, but a quietness in their soul that says....All Will Be Well.

 

That is who we can be for those in our life and I realize, that yes...sometimes the price comes pretty high and can be hard to overcome, yet we can all  find that strength. As the child of innocence arises...I too realize we all can do that as well. The trials and pain in many's life is certainly much deeper than a skinned knee but with the grace and mercy from our Lord....we can truly rise again!

 

She is clothed with strength and dignity;

she can laugh at the days to come.

Proverbs 31:25