{"id":424,"date":"2018-06-26T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.smallpage.online\/2018\/06\/26\/why-it-is-important-to-become-children\/"},"modified":"2019-04-10T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:32:47","slug":"why-it-is-important-to-become-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/why-it-is-important-to-become-children","title":{"rendered":"Why It Is Important to Become Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured_img aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Post_2015_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"535\" data-original-width=\"800\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, after my morning prayers, I had to drop my daughter to school. This is an everyday job, but of all days, my daughter asked me today \u2013 Daddy, when I look at the sky, I see the blue sky and the Moon following me, why is this happening? I paused for a moment, and I also realized that this is a question from a little child, so what am I supposed to stay ? The answer I gave is as following:\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baby, please understand that God is very Good and he is so good that he gave us the Sun to shine for us during the day and in the night he gave us the moon and the stars so that we don\u2019t remain in the dark. God has created all this around us just because he Loves us so much. And when you see the moon in the morning, it means that God is showing us an even greater measure of his Love. I quickly helped her to remember the Psalm that we pray at Vespers in the Orthodox Church. The Vespers service in the Church always begins with the chanting of the evening psalm: \u201c\u2026the sun knows it\u2019s time for setting, Thou makest darkness and it is night\u2026\u201d (Psalm 104: 19-20) This psalm, which glorifies God\u2019s creation of the world.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tatarstan-mitropolia.ru-eeBe454-33u32-600x398.jpg\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"398\" data-original-width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">I thank God today for the grace to respond to my daughter. I also believe after this experience, why Christ actually told us in Matthew 18:3 \u2013 \u201cTruly I say to you, unless you will be converted and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven\u201d. How can a grown up man\/woman be converted or transformed like a Child? I am learning all these points from my 2 daughters. They are my teachers everyday. May you all learn from Children as well.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following points will help us to become like Children:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Learn to be happy with simple things<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Live life in a simple way<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Don\u2019t be scared to try out new things<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Be Innovative<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Be Creative<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Failure is normal, it is not the end of the world<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; If you fall, get up, if you fall again, get up again<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Explore new possibilities with people, even with yourself<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Talk to Others<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Don\u2019t be judgmental<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Forgive quickly<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Ask for forgiveness<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Don\u2019t remember wrongs that others have done<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Play \u2013 It is normal<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Sometimes bad things happen, they are not always happening, move on !<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Some arguments are good, but don\u2019t allow it to last long<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Experiment with different things<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; If you get bored with monotony, do something different<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Make others laugh<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Show your love to others<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Don\u2019t be rigid with yourself or others<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Animals, Butterflies, Birds and plants are your friends, atleast admire them<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Sing Songs to God<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Never Give Up<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211; Last but not the least, Pray in a Simple way.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The list is endless, you must transform and become like little Children to enter into the Kingdom of God&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, after my morning prayers, I had to drop my daughter to school. 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