Playing as Happy Children in the Lord’s Garden
Two Children Playing |
Children on the whole are happier than grown ups most times
because children worry less about future, finances, health, career and
everything else besides that troubles grown-ups and makes their lives less than happy.
For the most part, children leave those worries to parents and other grown-ups
while they concern themselves with their immediate needs of the day and their
play. No wonder they sleep like a log and dream of sweet things while they do.
When we grow up, either our parents have already departed or
if not, they may have become too old to play the role they did when we were
young and would be in need of care instead. However, there are some adults who
trust in the Lord and regard Him as both father and mother and therefore are
able to win back some of the happiness they experienced as children. Certainly
the Lord is infinite and formless but since His consciousness flows through
everything he may be regarded as a Father or Mother or even both and even more
– friend, teacher, brother etc. This is
the reason that it has often been found that those who believe in God are
usually happier much more often than those who do not have that faith and end
up worrying, fretting and bitching about life and the views of others rather
than fix their own peace and well being.
A photo from the garden grown by the Lord for the author's home |
What about those who do not believe in God, do they also get
punished anyway? Well these are like the children who run away from home
because they are bad often and get punished often at home. They escape the
punishment of Mama and Papa but they get punished something awful by thugs and
hoodlums on the street. The funny thing is that as a grown up we cannot run
away from Big Papa because he is everywhere so he joins in with the thugs or
angels as the case maybe in giving us our just deserts :- )
i.e.
Be good, do good, trust in the Lord, then you shall find peace and joy whether you be child or old, even with one foot in the grave and even after life departs for that is just discarding clothes that are worn out for new ones all fresh and bright.
Top Image: Two Children Playing by Corne,
Michele Felice, image from Wikpedia
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