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October 15
Tuesday


DREAMS OF
CHILDHOOD

READ:
Psalm 8
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Out of the mouth of
babes and nursing
infants you have
ordained strength.
__Psalm 8:2
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Years ago, I asked fifth-grade students to prepare a list of questions to ask Jesus if He were to show up in person the following week. I also asked groups of adults to do the same thing. The results were startlingly different. The kids' questions ranged from adorable to poignant: "Will we have to sit around in robes and sing all day in heaven? Will my puppy be in heaven? Were the whales in or out of the ark? How's my grandpa doing up there with You?" Almost without fail, their questions were free from doubt that heaven existed or that God acts supernaturally.

Adults, on the other hand, featured a completely different line of questioning: "Why do bad things happen to good people? How do I know You're listening to my prayers? Why is there only one way to heaven? How could a loving God let this tragedy happen to me?"

For the most part, children live life unfettered by the cares and sorrows that burden adults. Their faith lets them trust God more readily. While we adults often get lost in trials and sorrows, children retain the Psalmist's view of life__an eternal perspective that sees the greatness of God (Ps. 8:1-2).

God can be trusted, and He longs for us to trust Him the way children do (Matt. 18:3). __Randy Kilgore

`````````O Father, may I find again the dreams of childhood`````````
``````````````when thoughts of you filled me with peace````````````
`````````````and I longed to know You more. Give me``````````````
````````````````a faith that trusts You implicitly.```````````````````
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An intimate walk with God lifts our eyes
from today's trials and into eternity's triumphs.

*************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 8****************************

1 O LORD, our Lord, how
excellent is Your name in
all the earth, who have set
Your glory above the
heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of
babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
because of Your enemies,
that You may silence the
enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider Your
heavens, the work of Your
fingers, the moon and the
stars, which You have
ordained, 4 what is man that
You are mindful of him,
and the son of man that You
visit him?

5 For You have made him a
little lower than the angels,
and You have crownd him
with glory and honor.

6 You have made him to
have dominion over the
works of Your hands; You
have put all things under his
feet, 7 all sheep and oxen__
even the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air, and
the fish of the sea that pass
through the paths of the
seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord, how
excellent is Your name in
all the earth!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In Psalm 8, David reflects on God's creation and marvels at the
Creator's interest in human beings. It's natural to ponder our place
in the universe. On a starlit night, for example, we can be awestruck
by the moon, stars, and the immensity of visible outer space. But
as Christians we can embrace something even more stunning: The
Maker of the Milky Way became a man, dwelt among us, died for
our sins, and rose from the dead on our behalf (John 1:1-14; Phil.
2:5-11). Both God's creative order and the wonder of His sacrifice
to redeem us ought to bring praise to our lips.