Becometh As Little Children

When you first think of the title, it may make you laugh. Sometimes when we view children, we see the reliant personalities they own, with some misunderstanding on the purpose in life. I don't think that is what the Savior was referring to. Take the time to read in the New Testament: Matthew 17: 1-14. I love these passages, in here we are taught by the Lord all of the things that we can learn from children.

Children may be young and inexperienced, but there are a lot of things that we can lose from that stage in our life that we need. Many children have an ability to make friends and are open about almost everything. As we get older, we tend to get personal and may shelter ourselves from society until we have to do it. Children can be very honest. I had a kid tell me once that I had really big feet. It was funny, but I appreciated his honesty and asked him what size he thought they were... "Like a hundred billion!" It was super funny. Now we should be honest with all that we do, and graceful when we can be so that we don't offend. Children are very forgiving, they like to share, they can be entertained with nothing but a bar of soap and a toothbrush. Sometimes we lose touch with some of these wonderful qualities that children have, but it's not too late. We can gain them back, or work on preserving them. This is where the Savior comes in.

"If thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire." This is a reference to repentance. The imagery to me allows a great explanation to the process of removing sin from our lives. A sin being like your hand: When we are sinning, we feel like it would be hard to live without it. I imagine losing a hand would not be pleasant, but the process of repentance can sometimes be painful. Nevertheless, it is better for us to remove it from ourselves, and be in our own minds, maimed. We have to decide to repent, it is a choice on our part. No one else can make us change. Once we've decided to make that commitment, we allow the blessings of the atonement into our lives.

"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."
When we are lost, we have the Perfect Rescuer to come to our aid. He wants to help us, He wants us to come unto Him. I know that the repentance process works and it is a manifestation of the love of our Savior Jesus Christ. He made it all possible, it may not be easy but we can find our way to Him no matter how lost we are. I am grateful for the atonement and how I have been blessed from it. Big and small, I have felt the change in my heart. Mosiah 9:13 tells us how we can become like little children, I encourage you to read it. May we all become like little children, for they are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.