Learning Dependence.

I've been in a reflective mood lately. I've always heard the term "child-like faith" and never really understood it until I became a mother. It has been so amazing to watch Sam grow and develop, and lately he has been so fun to watch him just lay and roll around. He talks and giggles and coos and is completely dependent on me. I am the one who he trusts to feed him his next bottle, to change him when he's wet, to give him medicine to bring down a boiling fever. When he wakes up at night crying, he knows that I will be in to soothe him, as he quickly falls back to sleep. When I drop him off at my mom's so I can get a haircut, he knows that I will return. He doesn't try to sit up and do it on his own, because he is unable.

And it hit me...so why do I try to sit up and do it all? I try to do so many things in my own power. Why can't I just lay like Sam and trust? Sam will cry and fuss, and when I hold him tightly and rock him, he relaxes and becomes limp and falls fast asleep. Why can't I do that with my Lord? I am learning to simply REST in Him and completely trust Him with my future. I want to crawl into His lap and simply fall fast asleep. For His yoke is easy and His burden is light.